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

33 17 004 - Replacing all front rubber mounts for rear differential mounting





Special tools required:






Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Remove rear differential 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.





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.





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.





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.