One step up, two steps back

Yes this will be kid 2 in college, both one year apart (my oldest took a gap year). So yes I’m feeling the hit.
Regarding driveshaft it came from DriveshaftPro in Huntington Beach. I talked to Armando Elias and told him “I want the one Don gets” in terms of lengths. It fits perfectly
 
e9Leveque said:
Yes this will be kid 2 in college, both one year apart (my oldest took a gap year). So yes I’m feeling the hit.
Regarding driveshaft it came from DriveshaftPro in Huntington Beach. I talked to Armando Elias and told him “I want the one Don gets” in terms of lengths. It fits perfectly
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so happy to have those days, and the payments that go with them, behind me. Funny thing is that we recently discovered that my son's college loans that we paid off many years ago had a small ~$15.00 balance that has been accruing interest for many years. We had the pleasure of paying off his loan twice.
 
College loan payments are a bitch, but nothing compares to caring for aged parents.. My dad recently passed away at 97 Yrs old in WA. $15K per month for quality care... OUCH.. Definitely not leaving any burden like that to my kids...

I managed to go to college and grad school basically for free (different times...) Somewhere along this life journey I made a pledge to myself that I would never subject my kids to college debt, and I would not let my parents suffer poor end of life care. I am less wealthy for it, but we are all far richer.. And now I am free from both, So I can finally restore my car!:love:
 
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e9Leveque said:
Yes this will be kid 2 in college, both one year apart (my oldest took a gap year). So yes I’m feeling the hit.
Regarding driveshaft it came from DriveshaftPro in Huntington Beach. I talked to Armando Elias and told him “I want the one Don gets” in terms of lengths. It fits perfectly
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This is good info as I need to order a drive shaft still! The "Don Special" it is haha.
 
It is still a good idea to measure overall length needed as there are three output flanges and the skinny M5 and fat original guibos. I ordered the one Paul spec’s from them and it was short, I had to use the old style fat guibo that Don hates.
 
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It is still a good idea to measure overall length needed as there are three output flanges and the skinny M5 and fat original guibos. I ordered the one Paul spec’s from them and it was short, I had to use the old style fat guibo that Don hates.
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I have 2 different rear flanges to choose from. Have not yet ordered a guibo. In theory I should be able to make some combo work with what I already have.
 
Pittraider18 said:
I have 2 different rear flanges to choose from. Have not yet ordered a guibo. In theory I should be able to make some combo work with what I already have.
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Good point. I ordered the M5 guibo and the Don length. I utilized the measurements from the blue book (happy to post here), but it can be a bit hard to interpret since some of those measurements are just the length of the shaft and others include the flange at the end. I sent Armando a bunch of numbers and he said "if you're using the guibo Don uses then this one should work fine".
In other completely unrelated news, a very nice arctic blue E24 (Euro) M635Csi just popped up on BaT under an hour ago and is already at 50K. I am still lusting after one of these...someday...
 
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e9Leveque said:
Good point. I ordered the M5 guibo and the Don length. I utilized the measurements from the blue book (happy to post here), but it can be a bit hard to interpret since some of those measurements are just the length of the shaft and others include the flange at the end. I sent Armando a bunch of numbers and he said "if you're using the guibo Don uses then this one should work fine".
In other completely unrelated news, a very nice arctic blue E24 (Euro) M635Csi just popped up on BaT under an hour ago and is already at 50K. I am still lusting after one of these...someday...
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What specifically do we measure here? Is it engine output shaft flange to diff flange?
 
Here is what I wrote to Armando:

“Hello, reaching out based on recommendations from the BMW E9 forum. I'm interested in purchasing a new driveshaft for my 5-speed Getrag conversion. It sounds as if the right codeword here is "the one Don gets", which I think translates to:
Front section of driveshaft (C1) is equal to 16.5"
Rear portion of driveshaft is 41.5". I assume the measurements are equivalent to the usual current Don order? I’m using the same flange and guibo he recommends so I assume driveshaft length would be the same

I obtained those lengths from the blue book schematic. He seemed confused by this and responded:

Correct except the rears are 40" center bearing to flange face.

Not sure whether this information helps, but again will say that M5 guibo and “the Don” worked out perfectly.
 
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