Manual gearbox removal - easy ?

[georgen]

Hi y'all,

Do you have to drop the prop from the diff ( which looks like a complete bugger of a job ) or can I get away with just removing the bolts that connect the prop to the box. I ai'nt got much room under the car

Cheers

George

[Turbo-Brown]

Getting the prop off is a piece of piss compared to getting the top two engine to bellhousing bolts out!

[Treeman612]

Hi - dropping the prop off the diff was easy when I changed my diff recently - main thing is to get rear wheels off the ground so you can rotate the prop to undo each bolt at or near the bottom. My bolts were tight (oooeeerrr) so I needed to use a breaker bar for extra leverage, but otherwise no problem. I should add I have a full size pit in my garage, so no crawling about underneath!

[m1key]

as usual im learning the hard way those 2 fcuking bolts are a nightmare.

managed to get 1 but the one on the left is impossible.

[jibbers]

I was going to start my clutch replacement today on my drive but i thought better of it , it can be a bitch of a job if you aint got the right amount of room or long enough extension bars for those top bolts as turbo said , it can be done tho !
Starter motor bolts can be a swine too .
I opted to crawl up my ex bosses ass and ask him for the use of one of his ramps on saturday , thank fudge he said yes , and i also got the offer of a box strip and check while its out from one of the lads !
If i start at 9 it should all be back in by 1-2 !
Am i the jammiest git or what ?

Good luck with yours Georgen youll do it mate
Jibbers

[georgen]

Thanks chappies for all the help !!

[A1BMW325iSport]

to be honest i`d rather take the engine and box out together then do work on clutch etc

with the starter motor when that went in the past i sent the car to local garage for the guy to do its a right pain in the ...

[KiwiCarl]

as usual im learning the hard way those 2 fcuking bolts are a nightmare.

managed to get 1 but the one on the left is impossible.

Last time I had to get to those two bolts I had to use my ratchet with two extenders and a universal...the prop is nothing compared to those bolts

[Toby_Unna]

Getting the prop off is a piece of piss compared to getting the top two engine to bellhousing bolts out!

you try the same thing with 535i running gear installed in your e30! while lying in the road IN THE SNOW!

have to question my sanity sometimes