BMW of the 5th E28/E34 series - Repair manual and operation

10:10. Replacement of side epiploons of a case of differential

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Back of the car and reliably establish to Poddomkratta it on axial support. Merge lubricant liquid of differential (see the Head Routine maintenance of the car). Separate a power shaft from differential (see the Section Removal and installation of power shafts) and suspend it on a piece of a wire away from a working zone. Do not leave it to hang without support since it can be damaged. By means of the suitable lever or the big screw-driver remove a flange from differential - be ready to pick up a flange when it separates. The small screw-driver remove a lock ring of a flange. Examine a flange shaft. If on it the flute in the place of its contact with an epiploon rushed, replace a flange. Take an old epiploon the special tool or the big screw-driver. Make sure that did not scratch an epiploon nest in a differential casing. Cover a new epiploon with lubricant liquid of differential, then by means of a big replaceable head or a piece of a pipe and the hammer establish an epiploon into place. Track that the epiploon was established correctly (sponges inside). Insert a new lock ring into a flute. Track that both its ends completely rose in a flute. Cover an epiploon sponge with lubricant, a loan establish a differential flange. Push a flange inside, yet you will not feel that the lock ring rose into place. Also you make the rest of the procedure of installation as it should be, the return to removal.