Special tools required:
IMPORTANT: After completing repair work, check transmission oil level and top up if necessary.
For this transfer box, use approved TRANSMISSION OIL only.
Necessary preliminary tasks:
Release circlip (1).
Release output flange with three-claw extractor tool.
Lever radial shaft seal out of housing with a suitable tool.
IMPORTANT: Do not damage housing.
Installation note:
Replace O-ring in output flange.
Check that O-ring is in correct position.
Installation note:
Coat sealing lips of new radial shaft seal with clean transmission oil.
Drive in radial shaft seal with special tool 27 1 440 .
Installation note:
BMW X3 Service & Repair Manual > Electronic chassis alignment: Notes on replacement of steering gear/steering column/steering shaft
following accident damage
Steering gear facts:
In the event of accidents or driving conditions similar to accidents, shock-like loads can cause different types of
damage to steering boxes. When a steering box is externally undamaged, it is sometimes only possible to
identify damage with great difficulty and with great ef ...