The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 678 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: M30 crank nut Re: M30 crank nut Re: M30 crank nut Re: Has anyone had experience with Jorgen rebuilt racks? Re: Has anyone had experience with Jorgen rebuilt racks?... and a 5hp30 question Re: alignment, steering, car wash Re: alignment, steering, car wash E39 Fuel Filter Re: E39 Fuel Filter M30 camshaft removal Re: Peak Oil
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:57:25 -0500 From: "Roy T. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: M30 crank nut Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am having some problems getting the big nasty nut off the crank on my M30 3.5l. It is the big 36mm?? nut that is supposed to have like 600ft-lbs of torque or whatever it is. I dont remember the exact size or specs but it is the big guy. Anyway are there any suggestions to try to loosen it up so that I can get it off? I cant seem to get enough force behind it to budge at all. I even pounded with a hammer trying to impact it loose. Still no luck. I know I have seen this go by on this list before but I searched the archives for M30 crank and nut and didnt get any good results. Any help would be appreciated. I am going to haul the short block to the local BMW shop down the street if I cant get it off by Monday. Roy Collins 1991 535i - motor is out but I cant tear it down... just a weakling I guess. [Attachment of type application/ms-tnef removed.] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 23:12:21 -0400 From: "Rich Dorffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roy T. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: M30 crank nut Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Big F'ng Impact. Regards, Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: Roy T. Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Roy T. Collins > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 10:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [UUC] M30 crank nut > > > I am having some problems getting the big nasty nut off the crank > on my M30 3.5l. It is the big 36mm?? nut that is supposed to > have like 600ft-lbs of torque or whatever it is. I dont remember > the exact size or specs but it is the big guy. Anyway are there > any suggestions to try to loosen it up so that I can get it off? [Attachment of type application/ms-tnef removed.] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 07:31:39 -0500 From: Clarence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roy T. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: M30 crank nut Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When I watched a crank nut being removed at an indy repair shop, they had fabricated a simple device which mounted to the crank pulley and then butted against the frame; it was basically a flat plate w/a bar welded to it. This held the crank from turning. The mechanic then used a 3' breaker bar with another coupla foot cheater and pulled like hell to get it loose. If you don't have the big impact as Rich D suggested, you may want to try something like above, even though the engine's out. Clarence West Bend, WI Roy T. Collins wrote: > I am having some problems getting the big nasty nut off the crank on my M30 > 3.5l. It is the big 36mm?? nut that is supposed to have like 600ft-lbs of > torque or whatever it is. I dont remember the exact size or specs but it is > the big guy. Anyway are there any suggestions to try to loosen it up so that > I can get it off? I cant seem to get enough force behind it to budge at all. > I even pounded with a hammer trying to impact it loose. Still no luck. I > know I have seen this go by on this list before but I searched the archives > for M30 crank and nut and didnt get any good results. Any help would be > appreciated. I am going to haul the short block to the local BMW shop down > the street if I cant get it off by Monday. > > Roy Collins > > 1991 535i - motor is out but I cant tear it down... just a weakling I guess. > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 22:42:20 -0700 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Has anyone had experience with Jorgen rebuilt racks? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Russ, I also was recently shopping for a steering rack. Most come complete with inner tie rods plus new boots and clamps. A few don't come with the inner tie rods. If the inners are not included, you can order complete inner/outer tie rod assemblies separately from a number of sources. I didn't find anyone selling just the inners. You also need new lock plates (less than $1. each) when you replace the inners. Elephant Motorsports offered me a good price on a rebuilt ZF rack, but it turned out not to include the inner tie rods. By the time I add tie rods to the cost, the prices were all about the same. I've never heard of Jorgen racks. Hopefully this does not mean that someone is Jorgen you around. :^) Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 01:05:55 -0500 >From: Russ Maki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Has anyone had experience with Jorgen rebuilt racks? >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Greetings, folks. Longtime lurker, first-time poster. > >I need to replace the steering rack on my E30 (1987) cabrio. I've >checked my favorite parts vendors, and none of them can come within $100 >of Jorgen Auto's price for one of their rebuilds. Trouble is, I know >you usually get what you pay for. Has anybody got any red flags to wave >with regard to this rebuilder? > >Thanks > >Russ Maki >Ixonia, Wis. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 01:55:20 -0500 From: "Russ Maki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Has anyone had experience with Jorgen rebuilt racks?... and a 5hp30 question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Scott, Mathew, Well, I took the plunge, and ordered Jorgen's finest for my beloved E30 ragtop. I made a point of asking what "extras" come with the rack, and I was promised the boots and a pair of inners. Shipping is $20, including the return trip for the core. Jorgen gets pretty good reviews from the www.audifans.com crowd, which consists largely of '80s-vintage Audi owners. Original racks are rare in those ranks! Check on Elephant Motorsports, Scott. I'll look them over. Rusty Cullens has been my main parts supplier for a number of years. I trust him enough to buy his wife's '82 Mercedes 300td (nice grocery getter with SLS). If the Jorgen product fails quickly, I'll be sure to curse their name on this forum. Meanwhile, my wife called me in an elevated emotional state last night to inform me that the automatic trans in her '95 540i had done the dreaded *clunk* trans program dance. Does anyone have a part number for the output shaft speed sensor? Seems like a classic performance. Man, seems like this stuff always comes along in bunches. Russ Maki Ixonia, Wis. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [UUC] Has anyone had experience with Jorgen rebuilt racks? > Russ, I also was recently shopping for a steering rack. Most come > complete with inner tie rods plus new boots and clamps. A few don't > come with the inner tie rods. If the inners are not included, you can > order complete inner/outer tie rod assemblies separately from a number > of sources. I didn't find anyone selling just the inners. You also > need new lock plates (less than $1. each) when you replace the inners. > > Elephant Motorsports offered me a good price on a rebuilt ZF rack, but > it turned out not to include the inner tie rods. By the time I add > tie rods to the cost, the prices were all about the same. > > I've never heard of Jorgen racks. Hopefully this does not mean that > someone is Jorgen you around. :^) > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA > > >Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 01:05:55 -0500 > >From: Russ Maki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Has anyone had experience with Jorgen rebuilt racks? > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Greetings, folks. Longtime lurker, first-time poster. > > > >I need to replace the steering rack on my E30 (1987) cabrio. I've > >checked my favorite parts vendors, and none of them can come within > $100 > >of Jorgen Auto's price for one of their rebuilds. Trouble is, I know > >you usually get what you pay for. Has anybody got any red flags to > wave > >with regard to this rebuilder? > > > >Thanks > > > >Russ Maki > >Ixonia, Wis. > > > > > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 22:48:27 -0700 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: alignment, steering, car wash Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chad, I am also extremely sensitive to steering wheel angle. Whenever I get an alignment, I always tell them up front to be sure to center the steering wheel before doing the alignment. Half the time it still comes back a couple of degrees off, and I make them do it again, reminding them that I told them to get it right. I don't think it is unreasonable to request this, given how much they charge to align the front toe (the only factory adjustment on my E30). Policy on washing your car varies from dealer to dealer and from shop to shop. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA 1990 325i >Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:04:16 -0400 >From: Chad M Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> >Subject: alignment, steering, car wash >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Is the steering wheel position at all related to the alignment? In >other words I just had a 4 wheel alignment done at the local BMW >dealer. If I have the steering wheel at zero degrees, straight up/down >to my eyes, the car goes to the right. To have the car go straight, >the steering wheel is a couple of degrees off of vertical, at least >visually to my eyes. > >I had the control arms replaced earlier this spring, then I installed a >Racing Dynamics Front Stressbar. I sensed that the alignment was off. >When I took the car in to the BMW dealer I remember the steering wheel >having to be a little off to the right, for the car to drive straight. >Now the opposite, it has to be to the left. > >Am I being unusually picky about this or should I take it back to the >BMW dealer and have them fix it? > >Is it standard procedure for dealers to wash all cars after they have >their service completed? I'm asking because when I picked up the car, >the gentleman at the counter asked someone else if the car had been >washed. I did not hear the reply. It was obvious that the car had not >been washed, the windshield was filthy, still is. :) Though I guess >maybe the crack in the windshield might have scared them off. I'm >waiting to hear when the new one windshield has come in so I can get it >replaced. Though the windshield does not leak, last I checked the >crack was not through the glass. > >-Chad ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:06:42 -0700 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Scott & Charlotte Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: alignment, steering, car wash Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At Dinan they place a level on the center of the steering wheel to make it measureably horizontal, and then align to that. It is not difficult to take an extra minute and set the toe on each side separately rather than the quick and cheap way of turning only one tie rod until a measurement of total toe is reached. Barry Scott & Charlotte Miller wrote: >Chad, I am also extremely sensitive to steering wheel angle. Whenever >I get an alignment, I always tell them up front to be sure to center >the steering wheel before doing the alignment. Half the time it still >comes back a couple of degrees off, and I make them do it again, >reminding them that I told them to get it right. I don't think it is >unreasonable to request this, given how much they charge to align the >front toe (the only factory adjustment on my E30). >Policy on washing your car varies from dealer to dealer and from shop >to shop. >Scott Miller >GGC BMW CCA >1990 325i > > >>Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:04:16 -0400 >>From: Chad M Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> >>Subject: alignment, steering, car wash >>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Is the steering wheel position at all related to the alignment? In >>other words I just had a 4 wheel alignment done at the local BMW >>dealer. If I have the steering wheel at zero degrees, straight >> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:22:01 -0600 From: "Roland J. Barnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: E39 Fuel Filter Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Can someone give an opinion on how often the fuel filter in an E39 should be changed. The BMW maintenance schedules do not include fuel filter replacements and dealer stated they are changed only when trouble is indicated. Seems odd. Thanks. Barnie 1997 528i ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 10:28:13 -0500 From: "Ivan Demkovitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: E39 Fuel Filter Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Barnie, I changed mine at 140k as a routine maintenance. Didn't take it apart so I can't tell you it's condition. But car was fine. I would also think about local specifics. Gas stations, grade of fuel used... Ivan 1997 540i/6 >From: "Roland J. Barnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: [UUC] E39 Fuel Filter >Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:22:01 -0600 > >Can someone give an opinion on how often the fuel filter in an E39 should >be >changed. The BMW maintenance schedules do not include fuel filter >replacements and dealer stated they are changed only when trouble is >indicated. Seems odd. Thanks. > >Barnie >1997 528i > > > >Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > >__________________________________________________________________________ >In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. > >UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate >Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! >908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:42:35 -0500 From: "Roy T. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: M30 camshaft removal Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well I have another quick question for the group. Does anyone have removal info for the cam on the M30 engine? My Bentley is on its way...still. I am getting anxious to get everything taken apart. It looks like the follower arm just slides out first but I cant seem to get it to go. One a side not I was able to get the big nut of the end of the cam! BMW likes to use large nuts.... hmm maybe they are saying something. Thanks Roy Collins 1991 535i almost torn down [Attachment of type application/ms-tnef removed.] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:02:00 -0700 From: "Michael Lapinskas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Peak Oil Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello Kevin- Sorry, but your facts here are incorrect around peak oil. Kevin wrote: "The peak oil prediction is just that a gross prediction of a future event based on many unknowns and assumptions of assumptions. In other words short the market if you're so sure. The previous prediction of the peak was in the '70's and when that didn't occur it was moved out. (Sounds a bit like an Ehrlich huh?)." The peak oil prediction for the '70's was for the US - which absolutely did happen - as predicted in 1956 by M. King Hubbert. Here is a snippet from an article describing the 1970's prediction: "There is a phenomenon, well known in the oil industry, but little publicized, that when an oil field has been about 50% depleted, production begins an irreversible decline. In 1956 a petroleum geologist named M. King Hubbert applied this concept to an analysis of the lower 48 states, and predicted a decline of production starting about 1970. He was derided at the time, but lower 48 USA oil production has been in decline since 1970. The phenomenon has been named the Hubbert Peak, and the production growth and decline curve is often referred to as a Hubbert Curve." The current wave of peak oil predictions are being applied to the *global* supply. Here is another snippet which describes some of the challenges of data gathering, but never the less, whether it the peak is in 2010 or 2020, there will be major changes in the way we live after the peak. "In 1998, using the best petroleum industry database available, two petroleum engineers (Campbell and Laherrere) applied a Hubbert analysis to the entire world, and predicted a peak between 2000 and 2010. Refined analyses since then focus on 2005 to 2010. In fact, due to economic and political factors, there is more likely to be an irregular plateau, with possibly several small peaks before the decline, but an irreversible decline by 2010 seems inevitable. There is a great deal of real data to support such a view and little but untenable optimism to support alternative views. "In God we trust, others please bring data!"" Thanks for the pointer to Dr. Gold - Indeed a look at the other side of the equation... I'll check it out further. -Mike L (Thinking that running Bio diesel in a 2007 BMW might be the next ride) '93 535 m ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(11 messages) **********
