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      12-31-2009, 12:18 PM   #2
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drain the differential and look for excessive wear. if the system is grenading, you'll find lots of shavings in the bottom of the pumpkin. BMW probably equips the units with a magnet, but even if they don't when you drain the oil, you'll see lots of debris, if your system is grinding itself to death.

however, one thing i would check are universal joints. i believe ours are unserviceable, which means they'll just fail. i would check there, and see if any of those are out of spec.
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