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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:00 am
by Bruce
Barry - Front donut replacement,almost stock bolt on..BMW 540 (E 39).
Can I use this as a direct replacement for the front coupling?
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:00 am
by Barry
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.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:30 am
by Bruce
er.. which one? (the Sweeney site lists 2 versions)
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:21 am
by Barry
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..
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:53 pm
by Bruce
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:47 am
by jema
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?
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:36 pm
by x-rad
The mechanic at BMW said these usually last more than 100k miles....
Anybody have the answer to Jerma's question...
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:06 am
by Bruce
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:49 am
by Mats
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:32 am
by Bruce
It fits the propshaft end OK but the flywheel bolts are too wide (far apart) for the coupling.
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:16 am
by Mats
They do not have the same PCD?
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:47 am
by DaveH
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:26 am
by Mats
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?
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:55 am
by DaveH
Mats wrote:Just the other way around I guess?
Good point
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:30 pm
by Bruce
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.