alberfb88 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 been told it can be the prop shaft. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Is it only the noise or can you also feel a vibration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberfb88 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 The clunk i have when changing gears yeah you can feel it in the car. The rattle you hear in the video it vibrates a bit yes but not much. Worried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Check the condition of the guibo and CSB. You'll have to have the car up on a ramp and to check the CSB properly you'll have to remove the exhaust and heatshield (or at least drop them if not remove them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberfb88 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 Actually driving know it was vibrating a lot under acceleration need to take it asap to the mechanic. Hopefully it wont be very expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incredirog Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 easy job for a garage assuming it’s the bits mentioned above, so should be reasonable labour costs. the real challenge is doing it on your drive with less than an inch between your nose and the floor of the car! alberfb88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasa Posted April 10, 2018 Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 i got my flex disc and centre bearing and centering bush from buycarparts.co.uk(german company) and delivered from germany,,i also got new bolts for the disc...aint a hard job but i would take it to a garage as as has been said,,it would be difficult on stands..exhaust off etc..my indy fitted new front shocks at the same time and rear pads,,he charged me £120 total for all,,which was good.parts were around £150 for disc/bearing/centering bush and disc bolts...all febi bilstein,,which someone traced are what bmw used as oem parts,,and always fit the flex disc with the little arrows facing the gearbox alberfb88 and momo 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberfb88 Posted April 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 propshaft needs to be replaced completely, managed to find one in a scrape yard in good working condition for £60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasa Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 what about the bits,,ie disc.bearing,,worth while doing them at same time.. alberfb88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Jeez! What happened to the prop to make it sound like that? Either way, glad you got to the bottom of it. Edited April 21, 2018 by momo alberfb88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberfb88 Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 well i was told that the last owner must've hit the propshaft against a speed bump hard or something and one of the parts was loose and propshaft could fail anytime soon. yeah great relief, thought i would've have to pay a lot more 14 hours ago, momo said: Jeez! What happened to the prop to make it sound like that? Either way, glad you got to the bottom of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberfb88 Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 15 hours ago, rasa said: what about the bits,,ie disc.bearing,,worth while doing them at same time.. well mechanic said those where completely fine and no point changing them thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hmmmm.. Alarm bells ringing!! Prop shaft is tucked away above the exhaust and behind a heat shield. Its pretty much impossible to get damaged like that. Personally - doesn't matter if those parts were fine or not, for the sake of £100 in parts, i'd replace them so you don't need to get back under there again. Either way, glad its sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasa Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 thats wat i was thinking,,i would of said centre bearing,,that can make the shaft flop about,,but maybe its flopped about too much and damaged it..either way id replace the centre bearing and centering bush,,also flex disc and bolts,,,even when flex disc and centre bearing get replaced,,it can still produce vibrations if the £7 centering bush has not been replaced ....very worth while doing the centering bush.. momo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
