BMW X3 Service & Repair Manual: Extension housing, bearings, seal

BMW X3 Service & Repair Manual / Transmission / Extension housing, bearings, seal

REPLACING OUTPUT FLANGE RADIAL SHAFT SEAL (GA8HP45Z) (AWD)

Special tools required:

23 0 490
23 3 220

IMPORTANT: After completion of repair work, check TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL .

Use only the approved TRANSMISSION OIL .

Failure to comply with this requirement will result in serious damage to the automatic transmission!

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove transfer box .

Drive a hole into radial shaft seal (1) using a center punch.

IMPORTANT: Do not use a drill as swarf may result in transmission malfunction.

Thread special tool 23 0 490 into radial shaft seal (1).

Drive out radial shaft seal (1) with impact weight (2).

Transmission

Installation note:

Coat sealing lips of new radial shaft seal with clean transmission oil.

Radial shaft seal firmly home with special tool 23 3 220 .

Transmission

Transmission case, oil sump

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