Once the body work is done, please tell me you're going to do a rebuild video of you putting all of the parts back in. We've watched this thing get rebuilt piece by piece, I'm excited to see it all come back together.
On one hand i feel like ordering new parts would be easier, on the other hand the satisfaction of restoring almost every piece of the car is far more fulfilling. Not to mention the attention to detail...
Always look forward to your videos! Most "restorations" are merely replacing parts. You actually restore what you took off of the original car! Great, great job!
Something I like about your editing : transition between fast and real time action. Great job. it's very usefull to understand how you proceed. Keep going !
I have been following your stories for a few days and I like to discover your techniques used to put each piece back like new and I sincerely believe that in another life you were a monk. 👌😉
Dude your channel is so sick. not too sure if its intentional or not but you make me want to actually legitimately restore parts on my car that have gone bad. Its so entertaining that you've covered how to do certain things without a word spoken. You give me the confidence and I aspire to do that kind of work as well so keep it up dude!
Although I"m nooband I share your feelings, but there's lots of but's in here. First of all why not to take off the joint completely? It's quite easy to do, all you need is just a light knock and it will pop-off. There's also stuff in there to clean inside, you can also disassemble whole shaft in half and clean things in between. I completely don't understand decision to just repaint this part, which rusts as hell, the only way to paint it properly is using zink, because in this case this won't hold long, any rock that will hit that shaft will scratch it up to the metal, this has to have better coating then a base coat. Also he didn't place bearing balls into place the way it was, do you think they are the same? They are not! They weared out differently, and he just placed healthy balls to the place where it wears out faster which actually makes this shaft more loose within a next month of usage. He also placed boots wrong, putting ziptie over ziptie..w00t? r'lly? Don't you think it's too sharp for the gum to be mounted on top :D? There's so many questions in here for me, although yeah, these vidsare motivates as hell, especially the way things sound, there's no distracting music, there's only hand work which makes me to drop my software engineering and start to restore things! :)
Restore It and yet the Russian folks in the comments complain that you didn’t: a) Plate the covers b) Test the shafts are true c) Apply the loctite properly Etc. They also suggest that the ends weren’t welded, but rolled, and thus can be somehow separated. I do love your video though and just wanted to let you know some of these things.
I will be so exited to see your BMW restored, but the waiting is really pleasing seeing its progress! I really admire and respect the job you´re doing, not only the restoring, wich is mind blowing, but also the deliver: recording, editing and the consistency of give us always good material. I will absolutely follow your new channels, cause you're somebody to deserves to be supported in every way. Handshake, man. Congrats!
Me too Pedro, I can't wait. Big thank you for this comment it means a lot. All I want to do is post more videos. This type of content takes a lot of work for one video. Not the best if I want to be posting more. I'm glad you'll join me over on the other channels. I can't wait to be myself on camera and share more. See you there!
Hi, the outer cv joint is also removable, they're held on by a springclip, a good blow to the inner bearing race should do it. If i'm not mistaken. (kinda like how the halfshafts are locked in the diff) Also the inner cv joints aren't to hard to find and not to expensive and its these that take the hardest beating normally. Its the smallest amount of play that turns in a domino effect of wear
its mesmerizing to watch someone so good and precise on his job and also lot of elbow grease i have to tell you great great job this is best rosrtoratng channel on tube rn
As always, awesome video! I been addicted ever since watching your first video. I don't understand the dislikes for this video, if you do not like the video then simply do not watch it. Geesh!
The car you're working should go into a museum in an exploded view so people can walk in amongst all the parts to see exactly how much work you've done.
Your Videos are amazing, i've been watching your videos on and off but since you started your E30 i am hooked and you are one of the reasons i started the restoration of my E36 Compact i love watching your videos before i go out to the Garage an tear into things again. keep up the amazing work. greetings from Austria
I think I would have just bought new ones....but that isn't the reason for this channel. God bless you, sir. I hope they don't fail too soon after the rebuild.
Steve! Another great part of the E30 coming together! You may need to keep the BMW sealed in a glass vacuum--all this beautiful restoration work and then drive through a mud puddle! Haha! Your car is going to be one sweet show piece! I can't wait until you're able to start piecing it back together. I think many of your viewers feel the same--almost as anxious and excited as you are. Take care, my friend. See you soon.
Thank you, Gary! I couldn't agree more. I definitely won't be driving it in the wet. Not a hard thing to accomplish in Spain :D Once the chassis arrives on Sunday and the bodywork videos start, It won't be long until she's painted and things can start going back in. I'm very excited to have her back! Cheers, Gary, you too. Speak soon.
Buddy, You are generally correct. However the green colour loctite which looks a lot like loctite 290 is called wick in and is designed to be applied AFTER the fastener has been tightened. I didnt see which number it was and if it isnt 290, you're right.
I get that you might not want to permanently install your grinder on the bench but you can always bolt it to a board and then clamp the board to the bench so that it can be moved out of the way.
Haha, no I will be bolting it down. I'm just juggling creating the workshop and making videos with it. Everything will be bolted down soon. I'd say the workshop is about halfway to completion.
Oi! Great work as always! A tip though... Don´t use any kind of gloves when you operate the bench grinder or for example a drill press. If you get stuck with the gloves your hands could get really hurt. Keep up the great work!
Tip for cutting the masking tape: Use a screwdriver to cut it. Use the long part of the screwdriver around the edge and it will cut the tape perfectly. Just press on the edge with the long round part of the screwdriver and magic happenes.
Love your videos man. Great attention to detail. When you're using loctite it's important to put it on the threads before you thread them in, and a little bit goes a long way. Keep up the great work!
Wonderful work, please feel free to restore my E30 Touring! As a side note, loctite is anaerobic, meaning it cures when oxygen is excluded. So it needs to be applied to the thread, then assembled forcing out the air around it. Keep up the great work 👍
Great job as always, can't wait to see the completed car! One thing I noticed, which you probably already know about, is that the outer boots are not clamped on the right place on the rod - they need to be clamped in the groove.
For securing those clamps I usually just use some regular pincers, they work just fine only you need to make sure you don't pinch the boot. But seeing that you have the tool on your way that will likely make it even easier
One thing i have always wondered is why there is not proper grooves for rubber boots to hang on to in these joints. They come loose very easily, like here in the video at 16:51. Even if they are clipped with original clips they might come loose just rolling the shafts fast.
A little tip I learned for your bench power tools mount them to a piece of wood then you can clamp them down and still have the ability to move them around
Loctite you're using is anaerobic adhesive. It works only when there's no oxygen around, for example, inside a thread. That's why any Loctite container should never be full. There're 3 major types of Loctite: red - strongest, for things which should not be disassembled anymore, still can be disassembled with heating; blue - for things which are planned to be serviced with disassembly; and green - weakest of them. I think it's a good idea to remove the screw, clean out green Loctite and apply blue prior you screw it back. Thanks for this nice video, and sorry for my English, it's not perfect but I think it's better than your Russian :)
Does epoxy primer sticks good enough on calipers before i used urethane base paint ? I know it's all in the prep, but what would be your best bet, epoxy primer or high build primer ? Thanks
Awesome work! Really love your channel and your restorations! I noticed in the BEFORE and AFTER scenes and wondered if a mistake happened: Aren't the smaller ends of the big black gaskets on the welded side supposed to be further into the middle, sitting in the groove. Comparing them to the BEFORE says yes but maybe they were borked?
Before taking the ball bearings out, you should scribe a line across the outside of the bearing to the inside of the cage. This will allow you maintain the orientaton of the ball bearing channels when putting it back together again. Otherwise it may wearout prematurely!
Seen you struggling with tying to get the rubber sleeves fitted. I always drop the sleeves into boiling water for a while. It makes them ever so pliable and they revert back when cooled.
Do you have any tips on how to get the clamps on correctly for the outer boots? I have the same ones, and I bought the correct tool, but it seems as though when I tighten the clamps it is pushing the boot back out.
Once the body work is done, please tell me you're going to do a rebuild video of you putting all of the parts back in. We've watched this thing get rebuilt piece by piece, I'm excited to see it all come back together.
Absolutely Scott :D You'll see everything.
@@RestoreIt Have we asked yet what color you're going to paint the car? I've been wondering this whole time. The same color as before? or...
@@serenity6415 Since it's a restoration it will probably be the original color.
I've never seen you struggle before. That gives me hope
why is that not painted wet on wet, a lot less work
On one hand i feel like ordering new parts would be easier, on the other hand the satisfaction of restoring almost every piece of the car is far more fulfilling. Not to mention the attention to detail...
I was thinking so too but just looking for this output shaft online was pretty difficult and it did not look cheap.
Exactly, jshdwhite. It's going to be the same car when I finish :)
@@RestoreIt and original parts r much better fit and quality ;)
Excellent restoration
Always look forward to your videos! Most "restorations" are merely replacing parts. You actually restore what you took off of the original car! Great, great job!
Something I like about your editing : transition between fast and real time action. Great job. it's very usefull to understand how you proceed. Keep going !
Once you will have finished your BMW it will be the best car in the world.. Keep it up your work is fantastic!!!
Thank you daniele!
I have been following your stories for a few days and I like to discover your techniques used to put each piece back like new and I sincerely believe that in another life you were a monk. 👌😉
Best videos on UA-cam for this type of work imo.
Brilliantly done.
15:45 That race on the right looks like its toast. Looking forward to more videos on this car and your other new channel for random item restorations.
Dude your channel is so sick. not too sure if its intentional or not but you make me want to actually legitimately restore parts on my car that have gone bad. Its so entertaining that you've covered how to do certain things without a word spoken. You give me the confidence and I aspire to do that kind of work as well so keep it up dude!
Although I"m nooband I share your feelings, but there's lots of but's in here. First of all why not to take off the joint completely? It's quite easy to do, all you need is just a light knock and it will pop-off. There's also stuff in there to clean inside, you can also disassemble whole shaft in half and clean things in between. I completely don't understand decision to just repaint this part, which rusts as hell, the only way to paint it properly is using zink, because in this case this won't hold long, any rock that will hit that shaft will scratch it up to the metal, this has to have better coating then a base coat. Also he didn't place bearing balls into place the way it was, do you think they are the same? They are not! They weared out differently, and he just placed healthy balls to the place where it wears out faster which actually makes this shaft more loose within a next month of usage. He also placed boots wrong, putting ziptie over ziptie..w00t? r'lly? Don't you think it's too sharp for the gum to be mounted on top :D?
There's so many questions in here for me, although yeah, these vidsare motivates as hell, especially the way things sound, there's no distracting music, there's only hand work which makes me to drop my software engineering and start to restore things! :)
One of the best car videos I've watched
just curious, why not bolt down the bench grinder?
en sintonia desde Venezuela muy bueno su canal y siempre con ansias de ver nuevos vídeos de usted y su BMW E30 325i
M parece que tu y yo somos los únicos que escribimos en español👍
@@iniestabarcastoichkov310 yo creo que si
Did I just watch this man primer, paint and then clearcoat his *output shafts* ? Amazing.
Haha. Thank you, Raef.
Restore It and yet the Russian folks in the comments complain that you didn’t:
a) Plate the covers
b) Test the shafts are true
c) Apply the loctite properly
Etc.
They also suggest that the ends weren’t welded, but rolled, and thus can be somehow separated.
I do love your video though and just wanted to let you know some of these things.
I will be so exited to see your BMW restored, but the waiting is really pleasing seeing its progress!
I really admire and respect the job you´re doing, not only the restoring, wich is mind blowing, but also the deliver: recording, editing and the consistency of give us always good material. I will absolutely follow your new channels, cause you're somebody to deserves to be supported in every way. Handshake, man. Congrats!
Me too Pedro, I can't wait.
Big thank you for this comment it means a lot. All I want to do is post more videos. This type of content takes a lot of work for one video. Not the best if I want to be posting more. I'm glad you'll join me over on the other channels. I can't wait to be myself on camera and share more. See you there!
This guy is an artist. Fine job. Hello from Brazil!!!
This geezer gets better and better
Hi, the outer cv joint is also removable, they're held on by a springclip, a good blow to the inner bearing race should do it. If i'm not mistaken. (kinda like how the halfshafts are locked in the diff)
Also the inner cv joints aren't to hard to find and not to expensive and its these that take the hardest beating normally. Its the smallest amount of play that turns in a domino effect of wear
Where can i find inner cv joints? I have truble to find one for e46 and for e30..
its mesmerizing to watch someone so good and precise on his job and also lot of elbow grease i have to tell you great great job this is best rosrtoratng channel on tube rn
Thank you very much Martin! Much appreciated.
As always, awesome video! I been addicted ever since watching your first video. I don't understand the dislikes for this video, if you do not like the video then simply do not watch it. Geesh!
The car you're working should go into a museum in an exploded view so people can walk in amongst all the parts to see exactly how much work you've done.
Жду с нетерпением когда же эта идеальная bmw поедет!)
То чувство, когда я не один из русских смотрю))
@@ivanplus_ Тут таких много
Блин,все круто,но шрусы надо было просто заменить на новые)
@@Rad0mlR тут сказали, что у них солидная выработка, на глаз не видно. Да и есть же срок службы узлов.
Your Videos are amazing, i've been watching your videos on and off but since you started your E30 i am hooked and you are one of the reasons i started the restoration of my E36 Compact i love watching your videos before i go out to the Garage an tear into things again. keep up the amazing work. greetings from Austria
Just in time! I am in the middle of restoring halfshafts for my E36. Very informative as always
Inspirational thank you I would have never thought of doing that am a e36 owner once again thank you
Anybody ever wonder if there is ever a video with all like and zero dislikes
I think I would have just bought new ones....but that isn't the reason for this channel. God bless you, sir. I hope they don't fail too soon after the rebuild.
My E30 drive shafts are knackered so many thanks for the tips!
Yay engine restore is coming i cant wait ive always wanted to see how hard or easy a e30 engine is
We'll soon both find out SR20 XRarity haha.
Steve! Another great part of the E30 coming together! You may need to keep the BMW sealed in a glass vacuum--all this beautiful restoration work and then drive through a mud puddle! Haha! Your car is going to be one sweet show piece! I can't wait until you're able to start piecing it back together. I think many of your viewers feel the same--almost as anxious and excited as you are. Take care, my friend. See you soon.
Thank you, Gary! I couldn't agree more. I definitely won't be driving it in the wet. Not a hard thing to accomplish in Spain :D Once the chassis arrives on Sunday and the bodywork videos start, It won't be long until she's painted and things can start going back in. I'm very excited to have her back! Cheers, Gary, you too. Speak soon.
The day just got better. Thank you for all your efforts!
Once again you did great job!!
great video!
this inspired me to restore used support arms & output shafts for my e30.
keep up the good work!
Loctite works when the air is gone between the splines, so apply before tighten it. Great work lovely to watch!
Buddy,
You are generally correct.
However the green colour loctite which looks a lot like loctite 290 is called wick in and is designed to be applied AFTER the fastener has been tightened.
I didnt see which number it was and if it isnt 290, you're right.
@@dhc4ever Oh okey never had that loctite my mistake. Learning every day :)
i soon to believe that you’re gonna have the most restored parts on E30 👏🏼👏🏼
Fantastic job as usual but also with honesty about your mistakes Love it
WOW GREAT WORK MAN. FROM ALGERIA
Thank you ghanouchkovich!
Wow! Brand new then b4!
Great Video!
Enjoyed it very much, especially your honesty when it went wrong but they look like new congratulations.
Thank you, Michael! I did cut out a lot of the struggle with this one, there was so much though, I had to leave some in.
hello, this is water to cleaning parts to 5:38 ?
Thanks for the great video. Congratulations Mitar
I'm not sure if loctite is efficient if dropped after tightenning, or maybe I'm mistaken?
Huh, good point Laurent. I will unscrew and re-screw with new lock tight.
I can’t wait to see you redo the interior!
I get that you might not want to permanently install your grinder on the bench but you can always bolt it to a board and then clamp the board to the bench so that it can be moved out of the way.
Haha, no I will be bolting it down. I'm just juggling creating the workshop and making videos with it. Everything will be bolted down soon. I'd say the workshop is about halfway to completion.
Oi! Great work as always! A tip though... Don´t use any kind of gloves when you operate the bench grinder or for example a drill press. If you get stuck with the gloves your hands could get really hurt. Keep up the great work!
Cheers Jakob! I need to hear things like this so I really do appreciate it.
Tip for cutting the masking tape: Use a screwdriver to cut it. Use the long part of the screwdriver around the edge and it will cut the tape perfectly. Just press on the edge with the long round part of the screwdriver and magic happenes.
Thank you, Marian! I will be trying this next time.
So satisfying to watch
Very looking forward to your driving around that E30.
Love your videos man. Great attention to detail.
When you're using loctite it's important to put it on the threads before you thread them in, and a little bit goes a long way.
Keep up the great work!
Thank Ethan!
I have learned this from today's video haha, thank you.
Wonderful work, please feel free to restore my E30 Touring! As a side note, loctite is anaerobic, meaning it cures when oxygen is excluded. So it needs to be applied to the thread, then assembled forcing out the air around it. Keep up the great work 👍
Great job as always, can't wait to see the completed car! One thing I noticed, which you probably already know about, is that the outer boots are not clamped on the right place on the rod - they need to be clamped in the groove.
For securing those clamps I usually just use some regular pincers, they work just fine only you need to make sure you don't pinch the boot. But seeing that you have the tool on your way that will likely make it even easier
Top notch work as always.
awesome video, i could watch this for days on end, keep it man!!
I love how you greased the balls and the shaft
One thing i have always wondered is why there is not proper grooves for rubber boots to hang on to in these joints. They come loose very easily, like here in the video at 16:51. Even if they are clipped with original clips they might come loose just rolling the shafts fast.
A little tip I learned
for your bench power tools mount them to a piece of wood then you can clamp them down and still have the ability to move them around
Dude, I love this channel, for me this is the best restoration channel in UA-cam. Let us know when you do the new channels. Greetings from México.
Top work! Can't wait to see it finished, whenever that may be!
These are great videos! I love the workshop!
@ 16:54 Let us stand and collectively shout "ARE YOU FUCKIN KIDDING ME??" to the universe that is indifferent to our cries. We stand with you brother.
Loctite you're using is anaerobic adhesive. It works only when there's no oxygen around, for example, inside a thread. That's why any Loctite container should never be full. There're 3 major types of Loctite: red - strongest, for things which should not be disassembled anymore, still can be disassembled with heating; blue - for things which are planned to be serviced with disassembly; and green - weakest of them. I think it's a good idea to remove the screw, clean out green Loctite and apply blue prior you screw it back. Thanks for this nice video, and sorry for my English, it's not perfect but I think it's better than your Russian :)
Looks beautiful. I had to redo the inner boot on one of my Subarus and I know how messy this job can be. Great work!
These are those part that should be replaced those bearings are full on greas mixed with sand and are worn inexpensive to change 40€ from autodoc
His cv boots doesnt show any tear,so internal parts should be okay.
I agree 100%. This doesn't make any sense, unless it's purely academic? Those CV's came apart WAAAAYYYY too easily. :(
Fantastic work, what a brilliant finish. I wish I had the time and knowledge to do that. My car really needs some tlc
Thank you, Lewis. What car do you have?
Restore It just an mk4 Astra convertible turbo.
Beatiful work.
What you using to cleaning old grease?
Nice job as always, pal.
I watch all your commercials abd thunbs up every vudeo
Superb result mate
Cheers, William!
Man, there was such a well placed ad for bearings, I watched the whole thing, then realised it wasn't part of the video. Well played YT, you got me.
Absolutely beautiful!
Perfectly clean new table
Restore It: Not for long!
I miss your old painting shed :)
I miss the cat
Gresin kokusu burnuma geldi 😊
Very good restoration bro 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
Thanks, man!
So satisfying! Wish i had the space and tools to do this on my e30. Keep it up dude
Does epoxy primer sticks good enough on calipers before i used urethane base paint ? I know it's all in the prep, but what would be your best bet, epoxy primer or high build primer ? Thanks
Awesome work! Really love your channel and your restorations!
I noticed in the BEFORE and AFTER scenes and wondered if a mistake happened: Aren't the smaller ends of the big black gaskets on the welded side supposed to be further into the middle, sitting in the groove. Comparing them to the BEFORE says yes but maybe they were borked?
Nice, very nice!!!
Good work 👍👍👍
Thanks Jorge!
Great job, as always!!!!!
With so much love! NICE!
Well done again!
Thank you!
i swear i saw your soul leave your body when the black rubber thing slipped back off while you were testing and i cried a little inside for you.
16:54 I know the frustration in such cases. Stay strong brother!
Good Job! This ended up way better than I expected! Keep it up 👍🙏
Thanks, Daniel!
Before taking the ball bearings out, you should scribe a line across the outside of the bearing to the inside of the cage. This will allow you maintain the orientaton of the ball bearing channels when putting it back together again. Otherwise it may wearout prematurely!
Put the bellows in Hot Water before assambly, these become more elastic
The amount of work in your videos mate! Great job.
Do you think you could have used evaporust or electrolysis to remove the rust without messing with the bearing material?
Great work!
Thanks, Colin!!
fantastic work!!
Good stuff! Cool job!
Should gave ATLEAST 2M subscribers
What kind of solvent is in that tank to make it cut through grease.
21:55
What type of clamps are they?
Awesome work
Seen you struggling with tying to get the rubber sleeves fitted. I always drop the sleeves into boiling water for a while. It makes them ever so pliable and they revert back when cooled.
Do you have any tips on how to get the clamps on correctly for the outer boots? I have the same ones, and I bought the correct tool, but it seems as though when I tighten the clamps it is pushing the boot back out.
Also the small clamps for the outer boots seem impossible to set because they are so small