Fig. 1: Overview Of Propeller Shaft
Complete Propeller Shaft
Flexible Disc
Centring mount
Centre mount
REMOVING AND INSTALLING COMPLETE PROPELLER SHAFT (FLEXIBLE DISC AT
REAR)
Necessary prelimi
Notes
IMPORTANT: It is absolutely necessary to replace the sunk nut!
The sunk nut already has a screw locking.
After the propeller shaft has been screwed into the rear axle final drive (sunk
nut), a
Necessary preliminary work
Remove PROPELLER SHAFT.
Completely fill centering bore hole (1) with viscous grease.
Drive special tool 11 1 310 with a plastic hammer into centering bore hole.
The cen
NOTE: Following repairs, the corrosion protection work already begins with
the correct
removal of the PVC undercoating, anti-drumming layer and seam seals.
The PRODUCTS RECOMMENDED by BMW are optimized with regard to
corrosion protection.
1.0 Removing and applying sealing materials
1.1 Removing sea