# maybee this should have been replaced sooner v. E46 drivshaft damper
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066 "2008-09-16T21:11:40Z")
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### Author:  [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/1 "2008-09-16T21:11:40Z")
So I swapped this tonight for a friend of a friend. Went pretty smoothly, took around 2.5 hours.
However, how the F do you drive around like this?? It was so bad just driving it the 5 miles to my house. It was twisting enough for one of the trans side bolt heads to actually contacted the driveshaft, awesome.
Anyway, my first experinece working on one of these, thought Id share. Imsure there are much much worse cases of abuse, or in this case judging by the rest of the pos, neglect.
Dan
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### Author:  [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/2 "2008-09-16T21:23:56Z")
oh wow
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### Author:  [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/3 "2008-09-16T21:29:13Z")
Damn that looks unpleasant.
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/4 "2008-09-17T05:24:30Z")
hmmm…i wonder how mine looks. How was the car behaving before the swap?
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### Author:  [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/5 "2008-09-17T05:54:18Z")
Shaking like a sob nearly regarless of accelleration (+ or - ).
I saw a writeup somewhere about how to tell if its going… it just escapes me where at the moment.
Dan
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### Author:  [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/6 "2008-09-17T05:58:51Z")
Found it… [http://www.rogueengineering.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category\_Code=GUIBO](http://www.rogueengineering.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=GUIBO)
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### Author:  [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/7 "2008-09-17T06:17:43Z")
It’s also worth taking a look at the rear subframe mounts, especially the left forward position. Real common item on E46 cars. I bought one a cpl months ago that had one ripped out. Pics follow
Bought some patch plates from Turner Motorsport, and welded them in. It also necessitates cutting a square hole in the trunk floor to weld the top of the mount back in.
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### Author:  [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/8 "2008-09-17T06:22:54Z")
^ Do you have a 99 or 00 e46?
this rear subframe tearing is more of a problem for early e46s
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### Author:  [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/9 "2008-09-17T06:28:53Z")
> [@93dx--hatch](#):
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> ^ Do you have a 99 or 00 e46?
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> this rear subframe tearing is more of a problem for early e46s
'00 323 5-spd
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### Author:  [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/10 "2008-09-17T06:30:48Z")
^^^ ouch.
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### Author:  [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maybee-this-should-have-been-replaced-sooner-v-e46-drivshaft-damper/55066/11 "2008-09-17T08:06:02Z")
> [@juicedz4](#):
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> ^^^ ouch.
not a horrible job, just time-consuming.