Steering Coupling Price

[theOracle]

Yes, I believe I remember seeing this posted. I don’t think this is indicative of polyurethane couplers being unsafe.
I’m not an engineer, so I can’t give my own findings. But I did enough reading about polyurethane vs rubber and in what I read it sided heavily on the poly being stronger, less resistant to tearing etc. The only downside I could find was that it would send more vibration through. But that’s what I wanted anyway, so it was a good thing.

[Bry5on]

The factory rubber part has woven belts inside to prevent over straining and catastrophic failure in the event of rubber failure. I would remove the urethane part asap if it were my car.

[Altaran]

I have been running a solid coupler for some time now. Though it's not ideal, as it puts some strain on the steering rack, I want to replace it.
I just got a shaft with two joints from fuller, at €133 with shipping it's not that bad. May post an Update in a month or two when I get this delivered and installed.

https://fullersmotorsport.com/products/bmw-e46-slim-steering-shaft?variant=45772824707339

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[bigjae46]

IMO this is one of the most dangerous things I see people do. Urethane is not the correct material for this. A client with an E28 had a poly coupler (probably from IE as he had bought a bunch of stuff from them in the past) and it failed causing him to lose all steering. Luckily he was pulling into his turning into his neighborhood, so he was able to quickly stop it, but it could have been very bad.

100% of the time...Poly is trash. It is basically made from recycled milk containers...lol...might not be true.

[theOracle]

I have been running a solid coupler for some time now. Though it's not ideal, as it puts some strain on the steering rack, I want to replace it.
I just got a shaft with two joints from fuller, at €133 with shipping it's not that bad. May post an Update in a month or two when I get this delivered and installed.

https://fullersmotorsport.com/products/bmw-e46-slim-steering-shaft?variant=45772824707339

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To clarify… Are you running the Fuller steering now? Or you ordered in to replace your current setup?

[Altaran]

To clarify… Are you running the Fuller steering now? Or you ordered in to replace your current setup?

I have just ordered it. So no, I can't yet give any feedback on how it is.

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[Barracooda]

I have just ordered it. So no, I can't yet give any feedback on how it is.

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Are you able to provide any update or first impressions of the Fuller shaft yet? I have just a little bit of looseness in my steering, was researching replacing the rubber coupling with OEM but the $170 price tag seems crazy. URO brand coupling is available for about 1/4 the price but I hate to take a chance in this area without some feedback from others.

[theOracle]

I ordered one and it arrived quickly. I haven’t installed it yet.

[Altaran]

Forgot to update here: mine also arrived quickly, unfortunately the mail company molested the packaging and the screws got lost. I won't be installing in the next days anyway, I'll wait for some warmer days...

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[Tbonem3]

Solid joint?

https://boostmonkey.com/products/bmw-e46-solid-aluminum-flex-steering-coupler?variant=40095814418532&country=US&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20408156137&gbraid=0AAAAADy8IeeT0jGeKi0DHio4X5ToDpJ9u&gclid=CjwKCAiA55rJBhByEiwAFkY1QO2XngQWowO4GSveEGStIlkCWr90HMleLro9jVdnvg6PNG8XPGxZBBoCJRYQAvD_BwE

[Barracooda]

Forgot to update here: mine also arrived quickly, unfortunately the mail company molested the packaging and the screws got lost. I won't be installing in the next days anyway, I'll wait for some warmer days...

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I've got one of these on the way now myself, along with some new FCABs and bolts for the reinforcement plate.

Does anyone know if the Fullers shaft would take the OEM bolts? If they do, I figured it might make sense to pick up a couple new ones to use instead of the supplied ones.

BMW Steering Shaft Bolt - Genuine BMW 32306778609 | FCP Euro