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Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:00 am

Barry - Front donut replacement,almost stock bolt on..BMW 540 (E 39).

Can I use this as a direct replacement for the front coupling?

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:00 am

Bruce,Hi...No, not a direct replacement.Seeing as your in the UK,get a coupling from Ford for the old 80`s Ford Granada(You know,same as the Sweeney??Hahaha..)
Bolt it on and forget about it.
Cheers.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:30 am

er.. which one? (the Sweeney site lists 2 versions)

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:21 am

Uh,Ok...the old roundish(dont laugh here now)one and the later squarish one,both had the essex v6 engine in them..
Gees,sorry bud,Ill try get a picture...

Ok,found them..

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:53 pm

Like this one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Granada-Scor ... dZViewItem

jema · Post by **jema** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:47 am

What must be done to use the E34 M5 hardy in the front of a GTV6 trans.axel?

What must be done to use the E39 540i hardy in the front of a GTV6 trans.axel?

x-rad · Post by **x-rad** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:36 pm

The mechanic at BMW said these usually last more than 100k miles....

Anybody have the answer to Jerma's question...

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:06 am

FAO Barry.

I have just tried fitted the Granada coupling to my car, what a pain! No problem going on to the propshaft front yoke but it is just a few mm too small for the flywheel side.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:49 am

Too small? Pilot dimension or what?

The rubber coupling needs to be dimensionally larger in relaxed position (not mounted), the rubber must be compressed when mounted on the car or it will wear out very fast. The design intent is to never have expanding forces on the rubber, only compressing.

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:32 am

It fits the propshaft end OK but the flywheel bolts are too wide (far apart) for the coupling.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:16 am

They do not have the same PCD?

DaveH · Post by **DaveH** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:47 am

Did you temporarily fit a jubilee clamp while installing? I once tried to fit a coupling after removing the clamp....the symptoms were the same as yours.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:26 am

DaveH wrote:Did you temporarily fit a jubilee clamp while installing? I once tried to fit a coupling after removing the clamp....the symptoms were the same as yours.

Just the other way around I guess?

DaveH · Post by **DaveH** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:55 am

Mats wrote:Just the other way around I guess?

Good point

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:30 pm

Yes Mat. The factory coupling is compressed to fit the yoke but with this one, it fits the yoke spot on but you have to expand it to fit the flywheel.