Well, I did and didn't dodge a bullet

[old///MFanatic]

Also took it to a tire shop to get the TPMS sensors fixed as it's always telling me I have a flat, that was $230 for 4 new sensors and reprogram of the system or whatever.
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What year is your M3? You actually have sensors in the wheels??

[CybrSlydr]

Ended up getting the eBay used driveshaft with CSB and had it shipped to the indy. Got the car back today. Driveshaft was $300, total bill from the shop was $1416.29.

1x 252.42 for the drive shaft flex joint
1x 114.55 for the fuel filler door lock actuator (had him do that too, though the magnet is still busted)
4x 153.00 labor to remove and install drive shaft
1x 153.00 labor to remove and replace the filler door actuator
1x 150.00 misc parts

$765.00 labor, $516.97 parts plus taxes

Their rate for imports is $153/hr,

Found the invoice from the fuel pump install, so I figured I'd run that one here since you all said $1200 was too much.

$1300.85 for fuel pump and relay
3x 153.00 labor for remove/replace fuel pump
1x 693.68 for fuel pump part
1x 23.48 for the fuel pump relay
1x 0.10 remove/replace relay

$459.10 labor, $693.68 parts plus tax.

Also took it to a tire shop to get the TPMS sensors fixed as it's always telling me I have a flat, that was $230 for 4 new sensors and reprogram of the system or whatever.

Have an appointment on Friday to get the brakes looked at and then an appointment at 1pm to have a body shop look at some cosmetic stuff I'd like to get fixed and see how much that's going to hurt.

[bigjae46]

I have an account with a national rebuilder, Powertrain Industries. I’ve curated (haha) about 30 driveshaft rebuilds. Haven’t heard of an issue with one yet.

With that said, the company split up or something. One part of that bigger company did a carbon shaft conversion which hasn’t gone so well.

IIRC, pricing was about $550 + $150 core plus you’d have to ship your core back. Not sure what it is now.

They replace the bushing, u-joint, CSB, and CV and then dynamically balance it on some proprietary balancer. My only complaint is they use aftermarket parts. Most important is they replace the u-joint and balance the shaft.

Drivetrain vibrations should be addressed immediately. All those vibrations in the driveshaft go right to the output shaft bearing in your tranny and all of the other bearings on that shaft. All of the radial bearings will wear much faster. That is why you should never use a solid or poly guibo.

[CybrSlydr]

Yeah, it sounds almost exactly like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23SQ4oGtHfw

[CybrSlydr]

There is no way the driveshaft can cause a noise when the car is stationary, you have a second issue causing this.


SGF Guibo with the BMW pn# ground off in a Febi box.

I understand your skepticism, but the driveshaft is in the back of the car currently (ran into some funding issues that weren't anticipated... will be a bit before I can get the driveshaft replaced) with the heat shield. The flex disc is definitely cracked (saw with my own eyes) and the u-joint is seized (saw with my own eyes and tried to flex it myself). We looked at the exhaust as that's what I thought it was, but there aren't any holes (though a less than impressive weld job was done on it, but functional).

The odd thing is that the noise went away when they replaced the fuel pump. I've not heard it since, which is... odd. The sound really sounded like it was coming from the exhaust. It honestly sounds a lot like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ_LufeU58Q

[CybrSlydr]

Hard to believe it's already been 13 years. How many miles does the m have now? Good to hear the car is treating you well man. I purchased it from a guy on the old m3forum in Texas. I wonder if he's on here too.

I recently purchased another 05 m3 with almost identical options as yours. Looking forward to enjoying this car!


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It has 163,300 now. I think I got it from you with 78k, so I've definitely run it around over the years as a DD. It's been with me since I bought it from you when I was recovering in Texas and had it shipped to Ohio, drove it back from Ohio to Louisiana, from Louisiana back to Ohio, and now from Ohio to Wyoming.

Still has the same clutch from when I bought it from you. lol Though I think it's getting close to needing replacing.

[fattycharged]

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[George Hill]

Appreciate the insights!

It was when mostly stationary.

There is no way the driveshaft can cause a noise when the car is stationary, you have a second issue causing this.


SGF Guibo with the BMW pn# ground off in a Febi box.

[M3_mann]

It's going well! Aside from the usual wear and tear and the car just getting old. I believe I bought it from you in Sept of 2011, so I've had it for nearly 13 years.

It's actually been a very reliable car ever since I bought it from you - just the typical gremlins here and there.

This car is my attainable dream car - I plan to keep it until it explodes if I can. Style, color, driving experience... I love it.

Hard to believe it's already been 13 years. How many miles does the m have now? Good to hear the car is treating you well man. I purchased it from a guy on the old m3forum in Texas. I wonder if he's on here too.

I recently purchased another 05 m3 with almost identical options as yours. Looking forward to enjoying this car!


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[stephen]

What about this one from Bimmerworld?

https://www.bimmerworld.com/Drivelin...ft-E46-M3.html

Have had great experiences with PTI. Have one of their driveshafts in my E36 M3, ran one when I had my E39 M5 and we’ve put several in customer cars with no issues.

[old///MFanatic]

They showed me the driveshaft and the car up on the lift - the U-joint was certainly seized, I saw it for myself. I'm having them look around and see if anything else looks like it could be refreshed (initially the front shocks look original [and I have about 160k on the car], and sway bars will probably need replaced as well).

Nah swaybars don’t need to be refreshed. Endlinks, bushings and maybe brackets, but not the bars.

[CybrSlydr]

How's it going man? Sorry to see that cars giving you some trouble but I'm surprised you still own it. I sold you the car more than 10 years ago


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It's going well! Aside from the usual wear and tear and the car just getting old. I believe I bought it from you in Sept of 2011, so I've had it for nearly 13 years.

It's actually been a very reliable car ever since I bought it from you - just the typical gremlins here and there.

This car is my attainable dream car - I plan to keep it until it explodes if I can. Style, color, driving experience... I love it.

[M3_mann]

How's it going man? Sorry to see that cars giving you some trouble but I'm surprised you still own it. I sold you the car more than 10 years ago


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[bmwfnatic]

The one on FCP doesn't show it comes with the flex disc, just the CSB and u-joints.

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...ft-26112229240

They are using the product image from their aftermarket offerings on the page of the genuine one also, I checked my pictures and the genuine comes with everything like I said, check the pictures on ECS instead to see real images of the genuine offerings.

[S54B32]

SGF makes the flex disc for BMW. As long as it says SGF on it, no matter which repackaged box it comes in, it is the OEM part. Meyle is not stamped SGF.

Thanks, could be the case, i will edit it.