5 speed owners - can you get rubber in second gear ?

[Derek A.]

The reason I post the question. It feels like there is a lot of drive line slop in my car. Clutch is new, drive shaft is new, guibo is new, halfshafts are rebuilt. The subframe bushings were done just a couple years ago.

I do notice a little thud in the back of the car - getting on and off the car. I remember being able to easily chirp the tires in my e28 535i, kinda tough to do in the e34. Kind of used it as a benchmark for driveline slop.

Any ideas - diff mount ? carrier bolts ?

Derek A.

[smcgowan]

yes rubber when I turn off the ASC. Check your dogbones most likely toast.

[Sam-Son]

ASC off as usual, 3.15 LSD TMS Chip B&B Triflo, M50, rather significant chirp in second maybe more like a squawk. all this in the dry

[we_call_him_doher]

Interesting you should mention that, I just noticed the other day that no matter how agressively I drive I can no longer chirp the tires like I could when I got the car two years ago. Sad.

[winfred]

the clutch gets a little weaker and the shitty twin mass flywheel gets more worn out and floppy

[BMWCCA1]

What are you carrying in the trunk? The E28 has so little weight over the rear axle it takes nothing to spin the wheels. There's also that total vehicle weight fighting you in the E34 compared to the E28. I have both, though my E34 is only a 525i with 30-ft-lbs of torque less than my E28 535is. Of course tires make a big difference, too. 205/55x16 on the E28 and 235/45x17 on the E34. I don't often try it with the 525i since the clutch feels much weaker than the 535is.

[Robin-535im]

I have to drop the clutch at least a tad for it to chirp, but I'm at 5000 feet so have less effective horsepower. I also have wider tires which adds friction. If there is some grit or wet I can sometimes break them free in first with just the gas pedal.

[Derek A.]

I have a e28 flywheel setup - so no twin mass ******** to deal with. The dogbones were done maybe a year ago - so they should be fine. Clutch is only 3,000 miles old. Do e34's blow through diff mounts like e24,e28 cars did ?

Anything else back there work itself loose ?

[winfred]

nope, e34 ass ends are about as solid a set up as bmw even built

Do e34's blow through diff mounts like e24,e28 cars did ?

Anything else back there work itself loose ?

[Qube]

Second gear? First to second, yes. Standstill from second? Probably not yer question but heck no heh.