33 17 004 Replacing All Front Rubber Mounts For Rear Differential Mounting

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Special tools required:

33 3 312
33 4 161
33 4 162
33 4 166
33 4 311
33 4 312
33 4 465
33 4 466

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove rear differential. See 33 10 010 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING REAR DIFFERENTIAL

Withdrawing front rubber mount:

Withdraw front rubber mount with special tools 33 3 312, 33 4 161, 33 4 162, 33 4 466 and 33 4 465.

NOTE: Milled recess of special tool 33 4 161 must point upwards to rear axle carrier.

Fig 1: Identifying Special Tools 33 3 312, 33 4 161, 33 4 162, 33 4 466 And 33 4 465

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Installing front rubber mount:

IMPORTANT: Coat bearing bushing in rear axle carrier and front rubber mount with Circolight (refer to BMW Parts Service).

Front rubber mount must be aligned by way of slots (1) to vehicle transversal direction.

Fig 2: Identifying Front Rubber Mount Of Slots

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Insert front rubber mount in special tool 33 4 311.

Align front rubber mount so that side slots (1) line up with marking (M) on tool.

Fig 3: Identifying Front Rubber Mount Special Tool (33 4 311)

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Draw in front rubber mount with special tools 33 4 465, 33 4 466, 33 4 166, 33 4 311 and 33 4 312 as far as it will go.

Fig 4: Identifying Special Tools (33 4 465), (33 4 466) & (33 4 166)

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