WTF is this?

"SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)" (sammauri) 10/16/2014 at 14:33 • Filed to: None

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For some, this won't be that hard. For others, they'll laugh at its name. For the rest, guess away.

I don't think this is actually that uncommon of a part, depending on what type of car you're in to, but when I had to replace mine no one knew what the hell I was talking about.

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Yes that's really what its called.

Mattbob > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:35

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giubo or flex coupler.

ZiptieMcBumper > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:35

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Oooh boy! It's giubo time!

Did you talk to BMW guys when you had to replace yours? Because I find it hard to believe that a BMW enthusiast who works on their car themselves has not heard of this miracle of disposable engineering.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:35

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Don't know the name (until I click the link after posting this) but I know they're used on the couplings for driveshafts and sometimes propshafts.

Party-vi > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:35

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Bane of my existence on my E46.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:35

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I've encountered the "real" name, but never used it. Flexible drive disc is descriptive enough.

Jedidiah > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:37

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I always called them rag joints or flex couplers.

ShelbyRacer78-Fusion Modifier > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:37

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Those go on a Lotus Elan.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:38

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Rubber transmission coupling. Basic design has been around for decades and was/is a popular alternative to CV and U-joints.

Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > Mattbob 10/16/2014 at 14:38

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In British car land they call them "rotoflex couplings".

Trunk Impaired 318 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:39

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I have a very intimate knowledge of the lovely driveshaft giubo. Obviously you all now know that I drive an older BMW.

Rock Bottom > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:39

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I've been told that I have a gwee-bo in the torque tube of my C5... but I've never seen it so I call it Schrodinger's Guibo.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:39

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This is how they come from the BMW factory:

Trunk Impaired 318 > ZiptieMcBumper 10/16/2014 at 14:39

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You are most correct.

Ntovorni > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:39

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Mmmm flex disk or the guibo. Worked at a place last year that made and sold em. Piles of them allll over.

tylinol > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:42

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A Guibo, or as my friend jokingly called it, a "drivetrain fuse."

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Ntovorni 10/16/2014 at 14:43

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Giubo*

Don't perpetuate the misspelling.

Ntovorni > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 10/16/2014 at 14:45

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Dammit. I know this too, as I was tasked with taking photos and updating online catalog and excel lists.

Too many M's > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 14:48

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Damn, late to the game but frack the person who came up with a brittle rubber piece for the driveline.

CAR_IS_MI > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 15:02

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Muffler bearing... Right?

briannutter1 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 15:22

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I've seen that a just one time on my c5z...then solid aluminum...then elastomer, now carbon...next time Zr1.

Mel Silva > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 15:34

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It's a donut of compressed rubber bands that will come unwound and spontaneously disintigrate at the most inopportune time. I can't recall if my E36 M3 had one or two of the damnable things.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > ZiptieMcBumper 10/16/2014 at 15:46

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I talked to people at Napa, Autoparts Unlimited, and a few other parts stores but none of them seemed to know what I needed. I got a lot of "what the hell is a gwee-bo?" Eventually I just called I.E. and they knew exactly what I was talking about. I didn't used to be into BMWs, so most of my friends have Japanese cars or just non-BMWs. If I were to ask my car friends now, most of them would know exactly what I was talking about.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Trunk Impaired 318 10/16/2014 at 15:47

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Yes, the 2002 and I have gone through a few giubos as well. It comes with the territory! Ahaha.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/16/2014 at 15:48

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But giubo is funnier than flexible drive disk, and makes non-BMW people scratch their heads. Call Napa and ask for a giubo. It's a very entertaining and slightly maddening experience (at least with the Napa people near me)

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > tylinol 10/16/2014 at 15:49

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That is far too accurate to be a joke.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken 10/16/2014 at 15:51

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Really? Mine came like this. Must've been an added option

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Party-vi 10/16/2014 at 15:52

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You and me both, buddy. I'm on my third on the 2002.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Mel Silva 10/16/2014 at 15:53

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I... yeah. Wow. Can tat be added to the Wiki page because thats a better description than most.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 15:56

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I'm on the Mercedes side of the equation, which means enough professors and lower income yuppies getting parts that calling things by their echter Korrekt name is less popular.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > briannutter1 10/16/2014 at 15:56

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Do you have two??? God, I am so sorry. I though one was annoying enough.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > CAR_IS_MI 10/16/2014 at 15:57

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Yup. Or at least just as dumb as a muddler bearing, but unfortunately very, very necessary.

briannutter1 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 17:29

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Yes, I'm running a DSS carbon now without guibos at all, but it has a bit of NVH in the triple digits. When I swap to a ZR1 trans/diff/cradle at some point, I'll run the ZR1 guibos as well as they're very strong and vibrationless.

TotallyThatStupid > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) 10/16/2014 at 17:32

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Front-engine Alfa Romeos with a rear transaxle have three:

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > TotallyThatStupid 10/16/2014 at 17:32

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Jesus Christ that's terrifying.