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paul p (chi-town)
03-26-2005, 06:59 PM
So yeah...my throw out bearing took a dump.
Will be sourcing parts soon.
How hard is a clutch/pp/fly r&r on a M50 e36 4door?
I’m sure for many parts two peeps will be key. Got air tools too.
Any gotchas?

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Rory
03-26-2005, 07:27 PM
So yeah...my throw out bearing took a dump.
Will be sourcing parts soon.
How hard is a clutch/pp/fly r&r on a M50 e36 4door?
I’m sure for many parts two peeps will be key. Got air tools too.
Any gotchas?

94 530iT&A, ‘Helga’---92 325i, ‘Rolf’…….”Hang up & Drive!”.......no, SERiously. (http://homepage.interaccess.com/~motria/pablosgarage.html)
”Bet that phone call doesn’t seem that important now does it, huh." Nov 20, 2004

Straight forward as far as a clutch job goes. Just make sure you have a lot of universals and extensions to get the tranny loose from the car. A couple tranny bolts are in awkward places and getting them loose can be a real PITA, enough to make you want to take it to a pro. Otherwise it is a straight forward job with a tranny jack and air tools. YMMV.

Best,
Rory

paul p (chi-town)
03-26-2005, 07:39 PM
couple tranny bolts are in awkward places and getting them loose can be a real PITA, enough to make you want to take it to a pro.
Best,
RoryUgh, oh well.........thanx Rory.
A quote of ~$1000 has me scared (but that’s their parts included).
Those bolts are torx according to Bentleys, anyone know what size?

94 530iT&A, ‘Helga’---92 325i, ‘Rolf’…….”Hang up & Drive!”.......no, SERiously. (http://homepage.interaccess.com/~motria/pablosgarage.html)
”Bet that phone call doesn’t seem that important now does it, huh." Nov 20, 2004

peks
03-26-2005, 08:25 PM
on my 535 they were E10 and E12 if i recall correctly.. heres a
diagram (http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=CB33&mospid=47498&prod=19920300&btnr=23_0117&hg=23&fg=10)