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Originally Posted by mfanatic325
I appreciate the feedback guys, but as of right now, I seriously doubt this shop is feeding me BS. Because they are a very reputable shop, and ever since I was recommended there my very first time, they've quoted me extremely fair prices for everything that I've wanted to have them do for my car. I even looked closely at specific OEM parts that they used, and the prices they charged me were equal to that of Tischer, etc.
They are quite knowledgeable and I was shown the amount of play and the noise that the diff was making. They also showed me an opened-up E46 M3 diff, and showed me the exact part I needed. Furthermore, I recall them saying something about doing the rebuild free of charge, since they sympathized with my situation. When I asked them if they could source an LSD unit for me, they stated that the sources available to them are the exact same sources that I have access to (primarily the forums, etc.)
All of this leads me to think that they are genuinely trying to help me out, and not there to just make a quick buck. They've gone out of their way to serve me in the past, which is why I even bother making the 45-minute one-way trip up to their shop in the first place 
But I'll keep ya'll updated if anything else comes up. |
Your explanation only sent up more red flags... What exactly did they "show" you. If you hold the wheels in place and rotate the drive shaft or vise versa, there WILL be considerable play, enough that telling whether it's abnormal or not is not really possible without some disassembley and careful measurements.
The biggest problem here is the explanation that a part has failed in you diff that needs replacing and is causing your problem. That pretty much doesn't happen without complete failure. If a gear breaks you know it, even if it's lost part of a tooth, you know it. There just aren't any parts that only break a little bit and cause minor symptoms. (besides say bearings and seals but that's not what we're talking here)