Well it wasn't easy, and it wasn't quick, started late Tuesday on the install after a couple hours knew I wouldn't finish so left it for today, had a bit of trouble with aligning the uca with the rear end, but got it all figuered out today, and installed, and removed, and installed again???
Well the bmr uca/bracket is a good product no doubt, future buys, and those who have already installed this keep reading, you may have done it wrong, no fault of your own
For starters, when I ordered the adjustable uca I was told it was packed with grease already, not true, so u may be looking another 25 bucks for a grease gun/ full syn. Grease. Now if you read earlier I installed this twice, and not for fun
As I was torqueing it all down I got to the bolt that attaches the uca to the rear end housing, and questioned the torque SPEC of this bolt, by I, i mean my brother who did help out for two hours. So I called bmr to clarify, and found someone dropped the ball, of all 5 bolts you must torque all but one had the correct specs in the instructions for 11+ stangs, some not so far off others 100+ft ibs off. So if u plan on buying it, I walould call bmr directly and clarify the, soon to be new SPEC sheet is correct.
Other than doing the install nearly twice, cause I was only about %80 done the first time ans having to drop another 25 of greasing the thing im pretty happy with it already
Now the driveshaft was a much simpler install, have a second person for this, will save imu a lot of pain and time, and make sure you slide it in place, in the right direction the first time.
Now I heard a lot about -2 and 2 degrees when installing this thing, well my angle finder was different, so u may not see those numbers or close to them, and just to help explain it another way...
I installed a coastl driveline btw, like it much I do
Ok so I checked each end several time for a accurate reading w/o driveshaft in the car, you place the angle finder on the face of your pinion and and face of tranny flange. Now this part may help others with setting your angles if u don't see a now number, now to wrap all the bs up, you want a parallel line so I had 92 degrees on my transmission and 88 on my pinion, sothere u go 98, 88...180 straight line, there it is, first try btw no adjustment needed.
Took it up to 120 threw it in neutral stick had less than stock vibration in it, so I am very pleased, so this seems to be telling me there is no issue, but maybe you guys with these one piece already can help me here
At neutral/decel, and when getting back in trottle sometimes, there is an ever so fait sound hight in pitch almost a whisle type sound, anyone know what this could be? Any others have this, is it normal???
While I remember off the top of my head for those already installed the two 18 mm bolts called for 80ft ibs this is all off my sheet, suppose to be 140
The bolt holding the uca to the rear end called for 240 suppose to be 129
The bolt holding the uca and bracket together called for 100 suppose to be 200
And last but not least the bolt going threw the body under the seat called for 240...and its right.
There u go because tomorrow when someone ask I want remember
O yea and the reason u want a second person for your driveshaft, for me I liked to cross torque those bolts in three steps, four really, snug, 25, 45, 65, and did this my self, and here's how it went, front and back were differnt, same concept just loaded and unloaded rear end suspension on ramps to hold wheels from turning, but anyway
E-brake, under the car, torque one bolt, out, ebrake, under, spin 180 degrees, out, ebrake, torque second bolt, out, e-brake, under spin, out, ebrake, under torque....you get the idea, borrow and extra for for 5 minutes.
Well the bmr uca/bracket is a good product no doubt, future buys, and those who have already installed this keep reading, you may have done it wrong, no fault of your own
For starters, when I ordered the adjustable uca I was told it was packed with grease already, not true, so u may be looking another 25 bucks for a grease gun/ full syn. Grease. Now if you read earlier I installed this twice, and not for fun
As I was torqueing it all down I got to the bolt that attaches the uca to the rear end housing, and questioned the torque SPEC of this bolt, by I, i mean my brother who did help out for two hours. So I called bmr to clarify, and found someone dropped the ball, of all 5 bolts you must torque all but one had the correct specs in the instructions for 11+ stangs, some not so far off others 100+ft ibs off. So if u plan on buying it, I walould call bmr directly and clarify the, soon to be new SPEC sheet is correct.
Other than doing the install nearly twice, cause I was only about %80 done the first time ans having to drop another 25 of greasing the thing im pretty happy with it already
Now the driveshaft was a much simpler install, have a second person for this, will save imu a lot of pain and time, and make sure you slide it in place, in the right direction the first time.
Now I heard a lot about -2 and 2 degrees when installing this thing, well my angle finder was different, so u may not see those numbers or close to them, and just to help explain it another way...
I installed a coastl driveline btw, like it much I do
Ok so I checked each end several time for a accurate reading w/o driveshaft in the car, you place the angle finder on the face of your pinion and and face of tranny flange. Now this part may help others with setting your angles if u don't see a now number, now to wrap all the bs up, you want a parallel line so I had 92 degrees on my transmission and 88 on my pinion, sothere u go 98, 88...180 straight line, there it is, first try btw no adjustment needed.
Took it up to 120 threw it in neutral stick had less than stock vibration in it, so I am very pleased, so this seems to be telling me there is no issue, but maybe you guys with these one piece already can help me here
At neutral/decel, and when getting back in trottle sometimes, there is an ever so fait sound hight in pitch almost a whisle type sound, anyone know what this could be? Any others have this, is it normal???
While I remember off the top of my head for those already installed the two 18 mm bolts called for 80ft ibs this is all off my sheet, suppose to be 140
The bolt holding the uca to the rear end called for 240 suppose to be 129
The bolt holding the uca and bracket together called for 100 suppose to be 200
And last but not least the bolt going threw the body under the seat called for 240...and its right.
There u go because tomorrow when someone ask I want remember
O yea and the reason u want a second person for your driveshaft, for me I liked to cross torque those bolts in three steps, four really, snug, 25, 45, 65, and did this my self, and here's how it went, front and back were differnt, same concept just loaded and unloaded rear end suspension on ramps to hold wheels from turning, but anyway
E-brake, under the car, torque one bolt, out, ebrake, under, spin 180 degrees, out, ebrake, torque second bolt, out, e-brake, under spin, out, ebrake, under torque....you get the idea, borrow and extra for for 5 minutes.
