evening Passion BMWers

a mate at work has a e36 328i that he drifts, welded diff and it keeps snapping shafts

i understand welded diff, more stress etc but its his daily hack aswell and is fine 99% of the time.

is there any shafts from say an e46 330d that people use as a conversion for extra beefyness?

any help appreciated

regards Sean.

 

thats why! its the welded diff thats causing the problem, because when you turn the inside wheel turns less than the outside wheel therefore putting stress on the drivreshafts, its probably scrubbing tyres too. its ok when your drifting because the wheels are spinning but under normal driving coinditiond its no good having a welded diff a lsd is good for everyday driving.

 

have you tried e36 m3 shafts

 

yep your always going to have this problem with welded diffs as said they break when driving normaly off the power ive gone back to lsd on my e36 for that reason.

just put a 318 diff and shafts in a mates 2.8 e36 and they have lasted longer than usual but will eventually let go.

i would go lsd mate.

 

tell him to get an lsd diff for everday and change over to welded when he's on track
simples

 

a mate has a e36 316 shell and running gear with a 328 enigine in it for drifting, std 316 diff and shafts just welded and he never has a problem

 

narrower tyres or over inflated tyres would help

 

lads, as i said,

i know a welded diff is no good but i said i would ask the Passion BMW massif

he has had 318/20 and 28 diffs but always broke the 28 shafts

just wondered if it was a weak point?

maby TD shafts or M3 (as suggested )

Ran, his is honestly fine for months then randomly snaps/breaks the teeth out of the o/s shaft so it just spins in the CV

Cheers

 

Sorry to hijack but does anyone know how to tell if my 328i E36 has an LSD as standard, i was told this was an option or an upgrade in later models, is this true?

 

^ Just found a good resource, apparently the non TC models pre-96 'might' have an LSD but there is no hard and fast rule, if you check the diff ID tag and it has an 'S' before the numbers it means it has an LSD.

 

if the diff casing is in good original condition this will also have the letter s stamped on in white.