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Thread: Are m and non m steering racks the same after 1995?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluptgm3 View Post
    What is the ‘catch’? Does the non-‘M’ rack not ‘feature’ the end notch to accept the inner tie rod locking plate?

    The non-‘M’ installation uses a flat sheet inner tie rod locking plate and ‘M’ (at least M3) uses flat sheet with a 1/8th inch horse-shoe ‘stop’ that limits rack sector gear travel.
    Yea, that's what I was referring to, it's been a while.
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    So...the answer is yes it will? lol

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    yea they'll work, I'd just look at the locking plate/washer and make sure you have or get the correct one if need be.

    I'm not sure this is the case for all Z rack (Pelican parts shows the horseshoe shape for Z and E36), but mine had the other style IIRC. (Again, it's been many years now).
    Last edited by Moron95M3; 02-14-2018 at 09:53 AM.
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    Thanks for the input.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TostitoBandito View Post
    It's E46 yellow tag isn't it? The ZHP rack (712 part #). It's not quite as short as the Z3 rack but still linear and significantly shorter than the stock M3 rack. It bolts right in and takes E36 outers.

    http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...are*-different
    Maybe yellow or purple? Someone will have to double check that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pbonsalb View Post
    Maybe yellow or purple? Someone will have to double check that.
    Yeah the yellow tag 712 ZHP rack is the E46 rack everyone gets (when they don't get a non-M Z3 rack). I'll be installing one next week. Some people also use the Z4 rack which is really short but requires some modification to fit in an E36. There's an old thread on that around here somewhere.
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    When you do the E46 rack do you remove the restrictor in the rack to pump line because the rack has a check valve in the banjo bolt? What does that check valve in the upper banjo bolt do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pbonsalb View Post
    When you do the E46 rack do you remove the restrictor in the rack to pump line because the rack has a check valve in the banjo bolt? What does that check valve in the upper banjo bolt do?
    I'll find out next week, but everything I'd read online from people who've installed ZHP racks says that it's just a bolt-on with no modifications needed other than using E36 outers.

    I'm planning on using my existing E36 banjo bolts and line:

    https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...em-32411141953
    https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...lt-32416852469 - these are on both ends of the rack to pump line above
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moron95M3 View Post
    yea they'll work, I'd just look at the locking plate/washer and make sure you have or get the correct one if need be.

    I'm not sure this is the case for all Z rack (Pelican parts shows the horseshoe shape for Z and E36), but mine had the other style IIRC. (Again, it's been many years now).
    The M3 tie rod locking plate (w/horse shoe ‘stop’ works on all E36 racks as they are virtually all the same rack (except non-‘M’ Z3).
    Do they fit non-‘M’ Z3 or E46 racks?


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    E46 racks don't have locking plates.

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