33 41 005 Replacing Left Drive Flange On Rear Axle Shaft

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Special tools required:

33 2 116
33 2 160
33 2 201
33 4 200

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove output shaft. See 33 21 001 REMOVING AND INSTALLING OR REPLACING LEFT OUTPUT SHAFT
Remove brake disk. See 34 21 320 REMOVING AND INSTALLING OR REPLACING BOTH REAR BRAKE DISCS
Remove pulse generator. See 34 52 535 REPLACING A REAR PULSE GENERATOR

Force drive flange with special tools 33 2 116/33 2 201, 33 2 160 SPACER RING , 33 4 200 TOOL KIT/STRIKER FIXTURE and 5 wheel bolts out of wheel bearing.

NOTE: Rounded inside edge of special tool 33 2 160 SPACER RING must point to drive flange.

Fig 1: Identifying Special Tools (33 2 116), (33 2 201) & (33 2 160)

Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

IMPORTANT: The wheel bearing is destroyed when the drive flange is removed and cannot be reused!

Replace wheel bearing.

Installation:

Install output shaft.

Oil drive flange lightly and attach to splines of output shaft.

Draw drive flange into wheel bearing. See 33 21 ... PRESSING OUTPUT SHAFT OUT OF DRIVE FLANGE AND DRAWING IN (OUTPUT SHAFT REMOVED FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL)

After installation:

Adjust handbrake. See 34 10 014 ADJUSTING HANDBRAKE