Working on my never ending project car, a 2005 BMW 330ci, I’m swapping out a 3.46 diff for my 2.98. In order to do this, I have to swap out the yoke/input shaft. No problem. I got this. I used a punch to make two marks, in order to align the nut back where it it was before I took it off.
After I remove the input shaft and replacing the seal, I realized I should have marked the pinion with the nut, not the nut to the yoke/input shaft.🤪
I don’t know how many splines there are, but I guess if I rotate it one spline at a time, I might be able to find the original location.
Edit: by the book, I should get a new crush sleeve and do the proper procedure, but all the BMW forums, said if I mark it properly and tighten it back where it was, it will work.
Edit 2: I can drop it off at the Indy BMW shop on the way to work next week, when I go out of town again. I don’t want to install it, only to take it back out because it’s whining.
