If I bought this would I be getting the right thing?

http://www.automotix.net/usedautoparts/1997-bmw-328i-rear_drive_shaft-product-5v973031o.html

 

You are right the entire drive shaft has to be replaced. You could technically replace just the last half, but then it won't be balanced and you will have all kinds of issues with that anyways. You're looking at like 500 bucks or so. http://store.bimmerworld.com/remanufactured-driveshaft-p64.aspx

 

I think that picking one up from a parts car would make more sense, right? Definitely a lot cheaper.

 

Do we know anyone with a parts car?

:angel:

 

You know somebody with two

Not saying he'd want a driveshaft from one of my cars, but I think it would make more sense than paying 500 for one.

 

This site has it for only 135 and it has a one year warranty. Good deal?:

http://www.automotix.net/usedautoparts/1997-bmw-328i-rear_drive_shaft-product-5v973031o.html

I even saw one for 60 bucks on ebay.

 

Umm, not to piss on anyone's parade but didn't you have another thread basically with this information?


Infact Hornhospital told you that these bearings aren't Rebuild able DIY, That you would need to buy a new one or take it to a shop. Then you posted this?.....

 

Umm, not to piss on anyone's parade but didn't you have another thread basically with this information?

No the other thread was to investigate the problem, this thread was to ask a question about u joints. My mechanic told me I needed a new U joint and I was not sure if that meant u joint in the driveshaft or u joint in the spindle to the back hub. I don't know if there are u joints in the spindles or if they are V shafts because I have never gotten into that part. I can't just go out and look at my car right now because it is locked inside my mechanic's fence while he is on vacation. Basically I did not want to buy the wrong part .

 

People are only talking about the u joint in the drivesharft so I really have not gotten an answer

 

You can't buy any u-joint for an e36 driveshaft, so the point is moot. They are only available and usable by driveshaft shops, since it takes professional equipment to disassemble and replace the u-joints. It is NOT a DIY project. You either buy a new shaft (mega-bux), buy a rebuilt shaft, usually on an exchange basis (semi-expensive), or buy a junkyard shaft with an unknown history for cheap.

 

Or you can buy my driveshaft, that is definitely good. It's from an auto 325i, don't know if it will fit, though.

 

I understand the situation with the driveshaft, I just want to make sure that is the only place there is a u joint. I don't think ppl understand my question. I just want to make sure there is only one u joint in the car (thats why I thought it was a simple and stupid question). A friend told me I could have u joints in other places besides the driveshaft. My mechanic is out of town so I can't ask him.

And I was looking at that one driveshaft I mentioned above because it was only 150 bucks and it had a warranty for a year.