Guibo Install

[325is1994]

how hard is it and about how long does it take? how much should a mechanic charge? should i just do it myself?

[B3M2W5i]

what is a guibo?

[wulley1]

it's also called the flex disc. It's a urethane bushing that mounts to the rear drive shaft. It absorbs vibrations and gives the car a smoother ride.

I haven't replaced mine yet, so I can't say from experiance how long it should take. I've heard it's not to bad and takes a couple of hours. I've seen a DIY some wheres. Check the FAQs section.

[3serbmdubya]

its not that hard

1 jack up the car
2 remove exhaust
3 remove heat shields
4 remove drive shaft
5 remove guibo bolts [you will need someone to put tranny in gear and take it out for each bolt so you can reach it]
6 install new one
7 put everything back

diy here
http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/techarticl...o/E36-Guibo.htm

[97alpineM3]

There is a write up on it at pelicanparts.com Go under tech articles.. and should find it.. its there...

Good Luck,

Les

[supark]

is your guibo cracked? It's really something that you don't change as a regular maintenance.

[bigred318]

man that write up seems fun... haha

David

[Kevin325i]

It's fairly easy, but you'll need two 17mm(i think don't quote me on it) open end wrenches because of clearance issues.

Hardest part will be getting the exhaust off so spray some liquid wrench or pb on the 6 nuts for a few days before you do it.

[94 325is]

did mine a couple of months ago. didnt have to drop the exhaust just the drive shaft, which is no big deal. took me about three hours but i was having to put it in and out of gear myself.

[xsperf]

kevin, very close, its 18mm. thats a good memory though, i just remember cleary because when we were doing it my brother actually had to go and buy a whole seperate 18mm wrench

[supark]

Originally posted by 94 325is@Nov 28 2004, 07:20 PM
did mine a couple of months ago. didnt have to drop the exhaust just the drive shaft, which is no big deal. took me about three hours but i was having to put it in and out of gear myself.

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So you only dropped the exhaust and didn't remove any other components? I'm actually change out the output shaft seal along with the guibo and I've been holding it off because the amount of time it would take to remove the exhaust, heat shield, etc.

[325is1994]

my mechanic said it would be 150 to change it, im thinking about just paying it

[Kevin325i]

Originally posted by xsperf@Nov 28 2004, 11:41 PM
kevin, very close, its 18mm. thats a good memory though, i just remember cleary because when we were doing it my brother actually had to go and buy a whole seperate 18mm wrench

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Bah, I knew I was close. My friend and I had just started the second day of working on my clutch at about 6am and we realized we didn't have the wrench to take the driveshaft off. We ended up having to wait for the hardware store to open to pick one up.