BMW X3 Service & Repair Manual: Removing and installing/replacing front axle differential
IMPORTANT: For the initial filling of a new replacement front axle differential, the gearbox is filled with 600 ml oil! If oil is filled up to the lower edge of the oil filler opening, the gearbox would be overfilled and in rare individual cases oil could emerge from the ventilation opening on the front axle differential.
WARNING: Danger to life! SECURE ENGINE IN INSTALLATION POSITION to prevent it from falling down.
Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Secure ENGINE IN INSTALLATION POSITION .
- Drain and dispose of FRONT DIFFERENTIAL OIL.
- REMOVE left output shaft.
- REMOVE right output shaft.
- REMOVE front propeller shaft.
- Lower FRONT AXLE SUPPORT.
IMPORTANT: Grip front axle differential firmly while releasing last bolt in order to avoid damage caused by the differential falling.
Check/change front axle differential oil
Special tools required:
00 2 080
IMPORTANT:
If oil is filled up to the lower edge of the oil filler opening, the front axle differential w ...
Removing and installing/replacing left or right output shaft
Special tools required:
31 5 110
NOTE:
If the wishbone is detached from the front axle support, it will be necessary to
carry out the wheel ...
Other materials:
BMW X3 Service & Repair Manual > Disc wheels (rims): Initializing run flat indicator (rpa)
NOTE:
Checking the tire pressure is based on speed monitoring of the wheels in
relation to each other. A tire puncture is detected and signalled by way of a
deviation in specific speed ratios.
The four tires mounted on the vehicle are monitored while the vehicle is
driving.
Initialization ...
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