» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | 02-06-2016, 01:45 AM | #16 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 179 | Thanks for the reply. Yes, It is still in the air but since the 323is donor is still around, I was able to grab the front sway bar off of that. The 318ti M Sport is a 26mm bar and the 323i (Non M Sport) is only a 24mm sway bar. BTW anyone interested in a 26mm M sport front sway bar? Let me know. Or if anyone has a 25.5mm M Sport 325/328/323 front bar, I'd be interested. Now I am moving on to figure out what shift linkage will work. My 318ti has what looks like a harmonic balancer on the drive shaft and it hits the shorter straight shift rod from the 323 and the 318 shift rod is too long. I need to figure out if I need a different rod, use the front section of the 323 drive shaft with out the balancer or put a bend in the rod for clearance. __________________ 98 318ti MSport M52, 88 M3, 97 M3/4 | | | 02-08-2016, 02:01 PM | #17 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | It is possible to knock the harmonic balancer off the drive shaft. I believe it is just pressed onto the giubo studs, but its been a while since I looked at it. Back in the day, member pnosker had his balancer deteriorate and he ended up just removing it with no ill effects. Now that you have a 6cyl there really isn't a reason to have that balancer at all. __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 02-08-2016, 02:20 PM | #18 | Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: MD Posts: 36 | I have taken the drive shaft out of my ti and E30. Both are good to go after many thousands of miles. Sent from my LG-H901 using Tapatalk | | | 02-08-2016, 04:12 PM | #19 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 179 | Thanks for the comments. We did just take off the dampener and everything bolted up fine and the straight shift rod fits without rubbing. We got it fired up last night so I know it runs without an EWS problem so I can get the rest of the car put back together. I am still missing a few hoses like the SAP connection, power steering supply hose and the alternator duct. The ABS light was on for some reason that I don't understand because none of the ABS sensors were disturbed as far as I know. I thought the OBDII to OBDII swap was a straight plug in for the engine harness (minus the missing ASC connector). If anyone knows otherwise, please let me know. __________________ 98 318ti MSport M52, 88 M3, 97 M3/4 | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |
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