Shock absorbers are overrated. So are springs for that matter.

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krisdahl
I can't believe that BMW would put that in single shear. Dumbfounded.

Everybody's doing it nowadays. I assume it makes the assembly process faster.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
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krisdahl
I can't believe that BMW would put that in single shear. Dumbfounded.

Everybody's doing it nowadays. I assume it makes the assembly process faster.

Din't those Maz-dog second gen RX7 do that on the bottom rear?

Dirty
Rotten
BASTARDOS!!!!

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DaveK
I'm not familiar with the normal E36 rear end. Can you guys do something like this:



And....curious if you think what we've done would be enough to avoid a similar fate?

Epic fix btw!!!

Dave

Dave,
In the picture is there a crack to the right of the circular plug? on the suspension member?

nick

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Nick Leone
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nick leone
Dave,
In the picture is there a crack to the right of the circular plug? on the suspension member?

nick

I don't think so - it may be casting marks. Found a pic of another arm and it looks like there's a ridge there...so likely just a shadow from my phone cam.




Dave

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john vanlandingham

Din't those Maz-dog second gen RX7 do that on the bottom rear?

Yep. So do most minvans, too. Including HHRs and PT Cruisers, which are mini-minivans. And then there are the (quite literally) millions of Ford twin I-beam trucks with the shock mount just a stud that is sort of plug-welded to the radius arm, which then breaks off after a while...

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.

might want to look into hydraulic bumpstops, the one's you've got put a heck of a dent in the top of your um, wood.