Front drive shaft broke

e83modude · 03-05-2022, 11:03 PM

Okay so front drive shaft U-joint just gave out and punched hole in tranny pan. Did some pretty gnarly damage to the lip of the tranny pan on top and bottom. Still i think ill be okay and i can fix that. however when U-joint broke it is severely impeding me getting any good bite on the torx. please any suggestions. ive attached a photo of the damage to trans pan mount.

e83modude · 04-01-2024, 10:45 PM

Update: for those interested i ended up grinding off the bolts to fully remove driveshaft. I used a small dremel tool. Then i bought the trans fluid change kit, bolted up and no leaking.

On a side note: the fill method for this suv has to be the most ridiculous thing ive ever read.

03-05-2022, 11:03 PM	#1
e83modude Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: BMW X3 3.0i Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Missouri,usa iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 BMW X3 [0.00]	Front drive shaft broke Okay so front drive shaft U-joint just gave out and punched hole in tranny pan. Did some pretty gnarly damage to the lip of the tranny pan on top and bottom. Still i think ill be okay and i can fix that. however when U-joint broke it is severely impeding me getting any good bite on the torx. please any suggestions. ive attached a photo of the damage to trans pan mount. Attached Images
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e83modude Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: BMW X3 3.0i Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Missouri,usa iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 BMW X3 [0.00]	Update: for those interested i ended up grinding off the bolts to fully remove driveshaft. I used a small dremel tool. Then i bought the trans fluid change kit, bolted up and no leaking. On a side note: the fill method for this suv has to be the most ridiculous thing ive ever read.
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