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Lets put it this way, when you stand back at look at the big picture, tons of people began jumping on the bandwagon saying the ride quality was too harsh. But I never experienced any of that from day one. So when I hear others talk about it & discuss it in great length, I almost naturally tune it out. To prevent myself from the future headaches. If I took my X3 MC to the drag strip often or tracked in on a semi regular basis, then yes, I would be more prone to look into this solution. But for a well taken care of street machine, I would have to abuse my machine on a regular basis to actually benefit from this. Hope you guys eventually figure a the best method for this & the one that's the least obtrusive. Each week another person has a new offering for this. So I've lost track of which one suits a daily driven street machine best. When you guys are done here please let me know what you have devised as a "simple" solution. There are way too many variables & "alternative solutions" in the mix right now that haven't been ironed out yet for me to consider investing my time into one of these.
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Exactly my point so for those of us that don't want diminished driveline noise behavior maybe this is the solution for now. With that said what about the idea of taking the Rennfix bushing and simply adding that to the OEM bushing/bolt for added bushing end strength and limit the movement that way? Maybe that type of minimal mod is a thought...
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It may be designed to break before something else even more catastrophic would happen... just sayin'
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Been emailing Clint back and forth and his solution is adding the extra collar and replacing the sleeve in the OE bushing while retaining the OE bolt. He stated that "You do not need to replace the oem bushing unless it is damaged" The slack is addressed by his ticker inner sleeve and the collar. I think this will have zero NVH transmission thru the chassis since the oe bushing and play is MINIMIZED but still present thereby absorbing OE NVH. I like Ryan's approach as he addresses the issue by using a new, stronger bolt as well as replacing the sleeve, while also retaining the OEM bushing. Plus his solution is cheaper and tested by @Bimma360 |
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Just a thought, but I'm probably wrong.
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Found a video online Chris Six installing the diff bolt if anyone's interested. Looks like Ryan's Kit
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Kind of amazing they didn't just replace the whole bushing and put the insert into that since it's a known high mileage car.
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I do wish they elaborated more on the whole process plus show the condition of the bolt, as this was the first I had seen of how the bolt is positioned on the x3m as a whole.
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Is Clint on here? He had the Einhorn bushing installed as his first fix for this correct? I'd love to get his opinion directly about potential driveshaft clunk after the einhorn install, and whether the loctite fix would address that or not. |
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porschetaillight@gmail.com His email address is on his webpage. And share his reply, I'm curious to hear his feedback. I think he addresses some of these questions in his emails??? I know he has one explaining the shaft clicking I want to say again that my initial decision to buy einhorn was based on his "best solution period" video that has been posted here before. Then come to learn of real-world issues with NVH from all y'all guys and decided to look for alternatives. |
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