Centre prop bearing replacement

[crispbiscuit]

Can anyone tell me how hard these are to replace as im considering purchasing a car which needs one sorting?
Cheers

[smithy318i]

Greetings, and welcome to the zone.

The center prop bearing is not the easiest of parts to replace.

You will need to remove the rear and center exhaust sections, and the middle and rear exhaust heat shields to gain access to the prop bearing.

you will then need to remove the 4 17mm nuts from the diff and 3 or 4 17mm nuts from the gearbox/guibo.
the bearing is held to the bodywork by 2 bolts in the center of the prop.

[crispbiscuit]

Cheers for the welcoming
Doesnt sound like too harder job and something that could be done easily by a garage if I dont feel like it, for not too much cash then?

[smithy318i]

yep.

[mrLEE30]

to save me writing it twice, and to save you a second trip to the garage read ..

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=42242

can be done at home if you have proper axle stands and a trolley jack. 3-4 hours of work.

mrlee

[fuzzy]

its not a hard job,ive done mine 3 times this year