BMW E30 Output Shaft - Full Restoration | BMW E30 325i Sport Restoration S2 E4

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Thanks for watching! In this video, I'm restoring the output shafts from the E30 325i.
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Time Stamps:
00:00 - Preview
00:08 - A quick message from me and today's sponsor
00:59 - Preview continued
01:20 - dismantling
04:51 - Showing all of the parts
05:53 - Washing all of the parts
07:21 - Buffing the inner cv joint housings
07:52 - Buffing the outer cv joint housings
09:02 - Paint stripping
10:10 - Masking
11:27 - Mixing the high-build primer
11:49 - First coat of primer
12:20 - Flattening the primer
12:40 - Mixing 2k Quartz Deep Black base coat
12:58 - First coat of base coat
13:35 - Mixing The Quartz Lacquer
13:51 - First coat of lacquer
14:36 - Demasking
15:07 - Showing all of the new parts
15:59 - Reassembling
22:28 - Before
22:14 - After
22:22 - Showing the finished product
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[@ScottTheis]

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.

[@RestoreIt]

Absolutely Scott :D You'll see everything.

[@serenity6415]

@@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...

[@imnota]

@@serenity6415 Since it's a restoration it will probably be the original color.

[@unkjason]

I've never seen you struggle before. That gives me hope

[@ichkannviel]

why is that not painted wet on wet, a lot less work

[@jshdwhite79]

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...

[@jamesfox7642]

I was thinking so too but just looking for this output shaft online was pretty difficult and it did not look cheap.

[@RestoreIt]

Exactly, jshdwhite. It's going to be the same car when I finish :)

[@williamtech4668]

@@RestoreIt and original parts r much better fit and quality ;)

[@daniele780]

Once you will have finished your BMW it will be the best car in the world.. Keep it up your work is fantastic!!!

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you daniele!

[@Saskinny]

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!

[@mobydoux]

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 !

[@boggsty]

The day just got better. Thank you for all your efforts!

[@Yes_buh]

Top work! Can't wait to see it finished, whenever that may be!

[@PaycoTsunami]

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!

[@Holms]

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! :)

[@blaiserascal]

Just in time! I am in the middle of restoring halfshafts for my E36. Very informative as always

[@grandsonprojects4812]

I´m surprised that the splines are in such a good condition on those old drive shafts. Thanks for the video! :)

[@pedrodscom]

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!

[@RestoreIt]

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!

[@RIS533]

Fantastic job as usual but also with honesty about your mistakes Love it

[@nsheehy9953]

Best videos on KZbin for this type of work imo. Brilliantly done.

[@daniel-681]

Good Job! This ended up way better than I expected! Keep it up 👍🙏

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks, Daniel!

[@The_Black_Sun91]

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

[@koozmusic]

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!

[@ronaldlapointe1219]

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. 👌😉

[@manoelguilherme265]

This guy is an artist. Fine job. Hello from Brazil!!!

[@Whackfear]

Did I just watch this man primer, paint and then clearcoat his *output shafts* ? Amazing.

[@RestoreIt]

Haha. Thank you, Raef.

[@AllonKirtchik]

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.

[@FotisMnts]

Once again you did great job!!

[@martinmracek6885]

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

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you very much Martin! Much appreciated.

[@michaelharris9347]

Enjoyed it very much, especially your honesty when it went wrong but they look like new congratulations.

[@RestoreIt]

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.

[@kayop4233]

great video! this inspired me to restore used support arms & output shafts for my e30. keep up the good work!

[@jablitt19]

awesome video, i could watch this for days on end, keep it man!!

[@stevecruz3724]

Yay engine restore is coming i cant wait ive always wanted to see how hard or easy a e30 engine is

[@RestoreIt]

We'll soon both find out SR20 XRarity haha.

[@SteelBlueBody]

Wow! Brand new then b4! Great Video!

[@zethes66]

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!

[@RestoreIt]

Thank Ethan! I have learned this from today's video haha, thank you.

[@electronic7979]

Excellent restoration

[@CookRacingUK]

My E30 drive shafts are knackered so many thanks for the tips!

[@bimmerbruh2874]

So satisfying! Wish i had the space and tools to do this on my e30. Keep it up dude

[@NatanaelAlexandru]

One of the best car videos I've watched

[@mitarb7780]

Thanks for the great video. Congratulations Mitar

[@ivanalbanez1257]

So satisfying to watch

[@zelzel5321]

I wish you good luck in restoring BMW!)

[@BFVgnr]

Very looking forward to your driving around that E30.

[@zarcyne]

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!

[@Rubbernecker]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@E..M..]

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.

[@joseeduardo7613]

Dude, I love this channel, for me this is the best restoration channel in KZbin. Let us know when you do the new channels. Greetings from México.

[@isabelle3504]

The amount of work in your videos mate! Great job.

[@CrazedSymptoms]

I can’t wait to see you redo the interior!

[@hossrod]

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.

[@dulkim5927]

i soon to believe that you’re gonna have the most restored parts on E30 👏🏼👏🏼

[@Cooky230588]

With so much love! NICE!

[@krisgutierez]

Inspirational thank you I would have never thought of doing that am a e36 owner once again thank you

[@moralescrk9281]

Great job, as always!!!!!

[@michaelwinfrey2047]

These are great videos! I love the workshop!

[@2003garyb]

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.

[@RestoreIt]

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.

[@d.michaelmcbridedc1082]

Awesome work

[@lewishill64]

Fantastic work, what a brilliant finish. I wish I had the time and knowledge to do that. My car really needs some tlc

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you, Lewis. What car do you have?

[@lewishill64]

Restore It just an mk4 Astra convertible turbo.

[@e30mark]

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 👍

[@RODZILLA65]

Top notch work as always.

[@barrycox4583]

This geezer gets better and better

[@jimleon7894]

Beatiful work.

[@jakobmansson5055]

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!

[@RestoreIt]

Cheers Jakob! I need to hear things like this so I really do appreciate it.

[@thenuptse8827]

Bet you were bricking it when those chaps were putting the tyres on.! Great job mate 👍🏻

[@bart_langedijk]

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

[@Ammani-Yat]

nice work, well done

[@andersn4707]

fantastic work!!

[@thepinky9876]

damn those look good bro, cant wait to see the next video.. keep up the great work

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Pinky! Loads more to come.

[@mxrider2strokebraaap54]

Awesome work and vid!👌

[@alohxandre]

My god dude you’re job is awesome...

[@jorgecarmona2447]

Nice, very nice!!! Good work 👍👍👍

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Jorge!

[@josecancello957]

Nice job as always, pal.

[@derverschraubungstheoretik1278]

Liebe in jeden Teil ♡

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Claus!

[@jonathanedwards6366]

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.

[@GamePlay-og1ez]

Больше видео! Ну а так что я могу сказать, красавчик! Капитальный! 👍

[@budude2]

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.

[@RestoreIt]

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.

[@dms5632]

Good stuff! Cool job!

[@user-rp4je2gc2o]

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

[@ivanpecenicic7762]

Where can i find inner cv joints? I have truble to find one for e46 and for e30..

[@7jonte]

Loctite works when the air is gone between the splines, so apply before tighten it. Great work lovely to watch!

[@dhc4ever]

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.

[@7jonte]

@@dhc4ever Oh okey never had that loctite my mistake. Learning every day :)

[@jeanmicheldiesel1244]

16:54 i knows this moment with my car lol ,good works guys !

[@colinwest9000]

Great work!

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks, Colin!!

[@farouq1983]

16:54 I know the frustration in such cases. Stay strong brother!

[@insaneiceage9719]

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.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you, Marian! I will be trying this next time.

[@christophercasias]

Love your channel and all the items you restore! I hope you realize that all the parts you wire wheeled clean and did not paint will rust as soon as they are exposed to water. Most had some zinc coating before, plain zinc or likely yellow zinc. You should include re-zinc your parts after wire brushing them, at least those that won’t be painted. And to keep everything perfect consider clearing the new zinc parts.

[@fjbd21]

en sintonia desde Venezuela muy bueno su canal y siempre con ansias de ver nuevos vídeos de usted y su BMW E30 325i

[@iniestabarcastoichkov310]

M parece que tu y yo somos los únicos que escribimos en español👍

[@fjbd21]

@@iniestabarcastoichkov310 yo creo que si

[@arnhemseptember2009]

Well done again!

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you!

[@commuterdude3053]

I watch all your commercials abd thunbs up every vudeo

[@iamgeorge1146]

Awesome video 😁

[@ghanouchkovichbensmaine5251]

WOW GREAT WORK MAN. FROM ALGERIA

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you ghanouchkovich!

[@an3k]

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?

[@MechanikasLukas]

I can see you had fun with these :-D . Nice content, I been there (e30 restoration) :-) .

[@HeIsTheHighlander]

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 :)

[@sonyhk3824]

Well done. Cheers

[@iniestabarcastoichkov310]

Muy profesional,desde barcelona👍👏

[@dzambo498]

VERY GOOD JOB

[@productproduction21]

Superb result mate

[@RestoreIt]

Cheers, William!

[@Simon-xi8tb]

I love how you greased the balls and the shaft

[@Mumbungua]

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.

[@michaeldoiron1753]

just curious, why not bolt down the bench grinder?

[@cjmarcel2971]

Anybody ever wonder if there is ever a video with all like and zero dislikes

[@-krakk3rjack365]

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.

[@zplayankarnca4222]

Gresin kokusu burnuma geldi 😊

[@coolissimo69]

Almost better then new I am so jealous :D great job

[@1992djg]

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

[@selgonzo475]

Awesome as always'

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Sel!

[@paulirumbin1541]

You just make it look nice.

[@user-zu9jc6bt5y]

Oh, first paint job in this workshop. Can’t wait for engine restoration videos. Your approach is amazing. What daily drive did you decide to buy?