Awesome, really glad to give you confidence to work on your own M3. It's not rocket science with these luckily, even though they are a pain to work on versus older BMW models. Just requires a bit more patience. Get the car lifted enough to work under it, in a secure and safe way, and you can't go far wrong with mostly basic hand tools.
Im a new subscriber great 2 videos ive watched on your amazing m3 i have a phoenix yellow one thats had a nut n bolt resto underneath and many other things are we going to see more e46 m3 videos
Hi Mike, sounds like a great M3 you've got there. My Imola is still a long termer, I've had it for a long time and I can't see myself rushing to part with it any time soon. Hopefully one day I can pluck up the courage to dismantle it and restore it properly like yours has been, but right now it's in good but usable condition. Ultimately all cars are projects, so definitely more to come on my M3, welcome aboard! 😄
Yes mate its not bad at all but theres always something that needs doing but thats all part of the fun of these projects 😁 yes be worth doing but since ive done mine i dont like taking it out in the rain 🙈🤪 looking forward to more m3 contents on your channel 👍
Haha indeed, its a BMW after all! They do like to ask for attention. 😆 I also try to avoid rain so I can avoid letting it deteriorate, but I especially avoid using it in winter on salted roads now. Absolutely no way, even though I used it all year round earlier in my ownership. I've started treating the undersides of my cars with a lanolin product called Buzzweld Chassis Guard. Check out my E30 video about that. Quite impressed with the protection it gives, and its very easy to use and not dear. I am going to treat the M3 with it too because I might as well, will feel less bad when getting caught in the rain.
Not alot of people know why it clunks. The reason why is because of the actual front mounting diff bolt loosening because of vibration, which causes the Diff to kick upwards into the chassis and it creates a thud the shaft of the bolt hits the internal sleeve of the bushing. The only fix that i found was to fit a hardened bolt with a nord lock washer so it doesn't loosen during shifts.
That is definitely a common one, I've heard of the front bolt working its way out entirely and ending up sat on the undertray. As you can imagine, that leads to an absolute clunk-fest. 😆 However, that's just one thing tat can cause M-clunk, and it didn't apply for me. My front bolt was in solid as the day it was fitted, took use of a breaker bar to get the thing moving, yet my original diff clunked like heck.
Yes mine was my daily but now hardly used 🙈😁 oh really i dont think ive heard of that stuff might be something i concider iff price is decent so you done a review onnit with your e30 i might have to check that out as its getting that balance for something that lasts but isnt tacky enough to attract dirt n dust
Exactly, really impressed with it so far remarkable stuff. The Buzzweld stuff I used is much better value than the Lanoguard stuff and I think its relatively similar.
I’m new to BMW’s and picked up my first one (E46 M3) a couple of months and the clunk started last week… I’m trying to figure what the “realm of reasonable clunk” is because I want to keep driving the car until I fix it, but I don’t want to do more damage to it. All of my bushings look great, and there isn’t any play in the diff. It’s just clunking around lol. Mostly in first gear/low speed. Under power I don’t notice it at all.
Long term I am planning to rebuild that original diff and refit it fresh, in the hope to solve the clunk entirely. So depending on the details, I could be very interested in working with you on that. 😁 If you reach out to me via email I'd be happy to discuss further. spannerrashteam@gmail.com
@SPANNERRASH my guys from customer support will be reaching you out soon. Personally, I liked your video very much. I would love to see you install and review our parts.👍🏻 Especially we are specialised for M-clunk problems from E46 to F80.
@@RacingDiffs Thank you for the kind words! 😃 It sounds very promising that you'd be the right guys to partner with in this case. I look forward to hearing from your team. 👍
Awesome stuff. Seeing this has given me the confidence to do my own. Not like other videos that say you need 3 special tools and a hoist.
Awesome, really glad to give you confidence to work on your own M3. It's not rocket science with these luckily, even though they are a pain to work on versus older BMW models. Just requires a bit more patience.
Get the car lifted enough to work under it, in a secure and safe way, and you can't go far wrong with mostly basic hand tools.
Good work with your nice M3, and nice to see your videos here 🙂
Cheers pal! 😃
Im a new subscriber great 2 videos ive watched on your amazing m3 i have a phoenix yellow one thats had a nut n bolt resto underneath and many other things are we going to see more e46 m3 videos
Hi Mike, sounds like a great M3 you've got there. My Imola is still a long termer, I've had it for a long time and I can't see myself rushing to part with it any time soon.
Hopefully one day I can pluck up the courage to dismantle it and restore it properly like yours has been, but right now it's in good but usable condition.
Ultimately all cars are projects, so definitely more to come on my M3, welcome aboard! 😄
Yes mate its not bad at all but theres always something that needs doing but thats all part of the fun of these projects 😁 yes be worth doing but since ive done mine i dont like taking it out in the rain 🙈🤪 looking forward to more m3 contents on your channel 👍
Haha indeed, its a BMW after all! They do like to ask for attention. 😆 I also try to avoid rain so I can avoid letting it deteriorate, but I especially avoid using it in winter on salted roads now. Absolutely no way, even though I used it all year round earlier in my ownership.
I've started treating the undersides of my cars with a lanolin product called Buzzweld Chassis Guard. Check out my E30 video about that. Quite impressed with the protection it gives, and its very easy to use and not dear. I am going to treat the M3 with it too because I might as well, will feel less bad when getting caught in the rain.
Ah right will look into getting some i think or certainly somepoint next year dont fancy doing it at the minute 🙈😁
Fair play, never fun crawling around on the floor in winter 😄
Not alot of people know why it clunks.
The reason why is because of the actual front mounting diff bolt loosening because of vibration, which causes the Diff to kick upwards into the chassis and it creates a thud
the shaft of the bolt hits the internal sleeve of the bushing.
The only fix that i found was to fit a hardened bolt with a nord lock washer so it doesn't loosen during shifts.
That is definitely a common one, I've heard of the front bolt working its way out entirely and ending up sat on the undertray. As you can imagine, that leads to an absolute clunk-fest. 😆
However, that's just one thing tat can cause M-clunk, and it didn't apply for me. My front bolt was in solid as the day it was fitted, took use of a breaker bar to get the thing moving, yet my original diff clunked like heck.
serious harry potter vibes with that nine and three quarters
Haha yeah that also occurred to me afterwards. It's quite spooky! 😆
Yes mine was my daily but now hardly used 🙈😁 oh really i dont think ive heard of that stuff might be something i concider iff price is decent so you done a review onnit with your e30 i might have to check that out as its getting that balance for something that lasts but isnt tacky enough to attract dirt n dust
Exactly, really impressed with it so far remarkable stuff. The Buzzweld stuff I used is much better value than the Lanoguard stuff and I think its relatively similar.
The realm of reasonable clunk...haha love it
Haha! That's where I'm trying to stay 😆
@@SPANNERRASH we all are! Another great video.Love the amount of work you put in and explanations are top notch. Superb channel.
I’m new to BMW’s and picked up my first one (E46 M3) a couple of months and the clunk started last week…
I’m trying to figure what the “realm of reasonable clunk” is because I want to keep driving the car until I fix it, but I don’t want to do more damage to it. All of my bushings look great, and there isn’t any play in the diff. It’s just clunking around lol. Mostly in first gear/low speed. Under power I don’t notice it at all.
Would you like to make a video on the performance upgrade? We would support it with parts.
I'll bet he doesn't want to take the diff out again for a while 😀 Love your instructional videos on rebuilding BMW diffs by the way
Long term I am planning to rebuild that original diff and refit it fresh, in the hope to solve the clunk entirely. So depending on the details, I could be very interested in working with you on that. 😁 If you reach out to me via email I'd be happy to discuss further. spannerrashteam@gmail.com
@@rotateonthis Haha! I suspect by autumn time I'll have forgotten how much graft was involved. 😆
@SPANNERRASH my guys from customer support will be reaching you out soon. Personally, I liked your video very much. I would love to see you install and review our parts.👍🏻 Especially we are specialised for M-clunk problems from E46 to F80.
@@RacingDiffs Thank you for the kind words! 😃 It sounds very promising that you'd be the right guys to partner with in this case. I look forward to hearing from your team. 👍
Might have to look into it its trying to find something that dont attract muck and grime aswell
if you don't put it on too thick and give it time to dry, it won't end up too tacky. I think its a decent tradeoff for the rust protection personally.
Looking at putting the diff back, i'm totally not looking forward putting mine back in 😂
Haha Good news is it's probably not worse than taking it out! E46s just aren't fun to work on compared to E30s it seems. 😆