1 Alignment of drive shaft U-joints Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:52 pm
bjarnek100
active member
Hi all.
Just out of curiosity. I´ve seen some discussions around suggesting that the 2 U-joints on the paralever driveshaft should be aligned quite precisely when reassembling. In contrast to this the original workshop manual mention no such thing and when asking a BMW mechanic I was told that on the shafts where this was necessary BMW had made sure it could not be misaligned (fx. by making one spline wider/narrower than the rest). When I disassembled it was not aligned, but out of precautions it is now:D .
Any sugestions to what is correct?
/Bjarne
Just out of curiosity. I´ve seen some discussions around suggesting that the 2 U-joints on the paralever driveshaft should be aligned quite precisely when reassembling. In contrast to this the original workshop manual mention no such thing and when asking a BMW mechanic I was told that on the shafts where this was necessary BMW had made sure it could not be misaligned (fx. by making one spline wider/narrower than the rest). When I disassembled it was not aligned, but out of precautions it is now:D .
Any sugestions to what is correct?
/Bjarne