Question on BMW 3-Series E36 Guibo

For those who have a vibration damper on their drive line:
After you get the exhaust system and heat shield out of the way, and have the entire drive line is exposed, you will see a collar nut right behind the center support, which holds the rear of the driveshaft down. You have to loosen that nut enough where you can slide the rear of the driveshaft forward, thus "shrinking it", this will give you enough space to get the flex joint guibo out of the damper. Of course you will first need to make sure that the nuts that hold the guibo onto the output shaft slip yolke flange of the transmission have been removed. All you need to do from this point is unbolt the center support, bend the driveshaft down from one end at a time starting with the front, and the driveshaft is out. Then, unbolt the remaining fasteners that hold the guibo onto to the front flange of the driveshaft and replace it.

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This post was auto-generated based upon a question asked on our tech article page here: Pelican Technical Article: Replacing the 3-Series Driveshaft Guibo / Flex Disc

[Nick at Pelican Parts]

Thanks for the great tip.

- Nick