joel 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2007 Now I'm not to mechanically minded, and here is what they quoted me on what needs to be done on the E30. Costing all up $1360 Gear Box seal Drive Shaft rubber coupling 2 Gear box mounts Overhaul Steering rack Now is this reasonable, or should I try and do some of the stuff myself, cause its alot of money?! Thanks alot, Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 540Si Report post Posted October 26, 2007 Now I'm not to mechanically minded, and here is what they quoted me on what needs to be done on the E30. Costing all up $1360 Gear Box seal Drive Shaft rubber coupling 2 Gear box mounts Overhaul Steering rack Now is this reasonable, or should I try and do some of the stuff myself, cause its alot of money?! Thanks alot, Nick I'm guessing it's mostly labour for dropping the gearbox out? I had to do steering rack in my old E34 and without the tool to pop it all apart it was going to be a mission! Just out of curiosity, cause we're local - who's the mechanic you use Nick? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joel 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2007 I havn't had the car for long, first time I have taken it in. I took it to Peek Autoworx in Havlock, alot cheaper than Jeff Grey though. Where do you take your's to? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 540Si Report post Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) I havn't had the car for long, first time I have taken it in. I took it to Peek Autoworx in Havlock, alot cheaper than Jeff Grey though. Where do you take your's to? Haven't had it long either - took 540 to Greens in Napier - seemed reasonable and the guy impressed me. Got steering rack in 535 done by Bates Wheel alignment in Onekawa - really good But I'm new to the Bay so I don't really know the local guys ** But I sourced all the parts myself ** Edited October 26, 2007 by 540Si Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3 Cab 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2007 Hey Nick, Ive had gearbox seal and drive shaft coupling done on the M325 and it wasn't that expensive. I'm guessing that most of the cost will be steering Rack overhaul. Might be cheaper to source a good second hand rack and just swap them. Failing that working on E30's is always an experience ha Now I'm not to mechanically minded, and here is what they quoted me on what needs to be done on the E30. Costing all up $1360 Gear Box seal Drive Shaft rubber coupling 2 Gear box mounts Overhaul Steering rack Now is this reasonable, or should I try and do some of the stuff myself, cause its alot of money?! Thanks alot, Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smokenbaby 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2007 do the gearbox mounts and drive shaf coupling yourself. Should only take abou 30 min to do both. Gearbox seal is not to hard to do in place. You just need to be careful when doing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joel 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2007 Hey Nick, Ive had gearbox seal and drive shaft coupling done on the M325 and it wasn't that expensive. I'm guessing that most of the cost will be steering Rack overhaul. Might be cheaper to source a good second hand rack and just swap them. Failing that working on E30's is always an experience ha Yeh, 560 for the steering rack. Most definantly worth it though.BMW's are not cheap cars haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StylesM5 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2007 Guys HAve a chat to Andrew at Andrew Hollywood Motors in Corunna Bay, Napier. Tell him you bought the car off "Jock Styles" Nick and he should cut you a deal. Either that or he'll rip you right off He did all the work on my old mans cars and did a good job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joel 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2007 Guys HAve a chat to Andrew at Andrew Hollywood Motors in Corunna Bay, Napier. Tell him you bought the car off "Jock Styles" Nick and he should cut you a deal. Either that or he'll rip you right off He did all the work on my old mans cars and did a good job. Cheers for that, sent him an email a couple of hours ago and I will give him a call on Monday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted October 27, 2007 do the gearbox mounts and drive shaf coupling yourself. Should only take abou 30 min to do both. Gearbox seal is not to hard to do in place. You just need to be careful when doing. Depends on which seal though doesn't it? And if you are paying them to do the seal it makes no sense doing the other stuff yourself as they will have the driveshaft etc out anyway. But the racks are easy to change and secondhand ones are cheap, so you could tackle that no problem. Just get some advice first as there are tricks to wiggling it out and undoing the tie rod ends without damaging them etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpp 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2007 But the racks are easy to change and secondhand ones are cheap, so you could tackle that no problem. Just get some advice first as there are tricks to wiggling it out and undoing the tie rod ends without damaging them etc. Ya, a good rack is around $120 P/S, manual rack set you back $150 2nd hand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joel 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2007 Guys HAve a chat to Andrew at Andrew Hollywood Motors in Corunna Bay, Napier. Tell him you bought the car off "Jock Styles" Nick and he should cut you a deal. Either that or he'll rip you right off He did all the work on my old mans cars and did a good job. Got a quote from Andrew, will take the E30 to him. Nice guy. He said to send his regards to you and your family. Thanks Jock, Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m325i 709 Report post Posted November 1, 2007 switch to e36 rack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
