slimjim Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 Well, there goes the £300 wheel refur'b I wanted... The Diff on Tams 1 series has just given up. £1400 for a new one!!!! £200 back for taking the shoddy one back as it is a reufur'b from BMW THEMSELVES! Then another £150 to put it on. NO-ONE does replacements or refurb's... only place you can buy them is BMW. The things are sealed, so you can't change the oil. How fecking useless is that!?!?! Bunch of German GITS! Quote
Husky Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 I remember sitting in work as they were discussing the plug removal on the BMW diff, BMW looked a the service life of the diff and know that it wont die in warranty but out of it. its cheaper to make it without one and then they get money for the replacements. Quote
Beau Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 why not try to get a second hand diff off breakers, or ebay? Quote
slimjim Posted June 16, 2011 Author Posted June 16, 2011 why not try to get a second hand diff off breakers, or ebay? Been trying that for the last 2 weeks... they are all thre bolts that I can find... not 4 bolts... Quote
Lexx Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 why not try to get a second hand diff off breakers, or ebay? Been trying that for the last 2 weeks... they are all thre bolts that I can find... not 4 bolts... You spoke to Lee? He may know someone, who knows someone else, who knows someones cat, who killed a mouse at this blokes house once, who breaks BMW's.... you get the idea. Quote
Steady Zeddy Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 Sounds like you could get a (much improved) Quaife LSD for similar money. Is a rebuild out of the question? The 1 series is a popular car - there must be quite a few lying around breakers yards at this stage. Quote
slimjim Posted June 16, 2011 Author Posted June 16, 2011 Sounds like you could get a (much improved) Quaife LSD for similar money. Is a rebuild out of the question? The 1 series is a popular car - there must be quite a few lying around breakers yards at this stage. They recon the one we have was one of VERY few with the 4 bolt on it. they changed the design early on Spoke to Bird (performance Diff people) who said they can uprate the LSD, but the diff has to be in good working order first. It is a crazy state of affairs Quote
slimjim Posted June 16, 2011 Author Posted June 16, 2011 why not try to get a second hand diff off breakers, or ebay? Been trying that for the last 2 weeks... they are all thre bolts that I can find... not 4 bolts... You spoke to Lee? He may know someone, who knows someone else, who knows someones cat, who killed a mouse at this blokes house once, who breaks BMW's.... you get the idea. Which Lee? To be fair, I have ordered the part now. Tam NEEDS the car this week, so this is the only way to get it sorted. Bugger. Quote
slimjim Posted June 17, 2011 Author Posted June 17, 2011 Have you tried SweDeutch in Bristol? I did... apparently this part is just impossible to get hold of. Found a place in Brum willing to take it apart and try to fix it. But it would be £400-£600 and take two to three weeks IF they could do it. With a 4 day and £100 MINIMUM time/cost to decided if they could do it or not. So I just had to go for the one from the Stealers. Quote
choptop Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Have you tried SweDeutch in Bristol? I did... apparently this part is just impossible to get hold of. Found a place in Brum willing to take it apart and try to fix it. But it would be £400-£600 and take two to three weeks IF they could do it. With a 4 day and £100 MINIMUM time/cost to decided if they could do it or not. So I just had to go for the one from the Stealers. All the best with getting it done Quote
slimjim Posted June 17, 2011 Author Posted June 17, 2011 All the best with getting it done Thanks for the info Choptop... It is in now being sorted. Should be done by this afternoon/tomorrow morning. Looks like no refur'b to my alloys for a while. Or the upgrade to a Charger in Florida next week But it is worth it to be sure Tam is safe when she is driving. Quote
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