Where is my Guibo / Flex Disc? (E36 328i)

[kev_ 0]

Hey guys,

My name is Kev, I'm a long time lurker, and I believe this is my first post!

Anyway, I'm giving my bimmer a service over this long weekend, and I thought I'd do the center support driveshaft bearing and the guibo / flex disc while I'm at it.

I have a 1996 Japanese 328i with an automatic Jatco transmission (105,000 Kms).

I currently have the exhaust system dropped, the heatshield removed, and the driveshaft is clearly visible and easily accessible.

I can spot the center support driveshaft bearing, but I cannot spot the guibo!

It appears that the transmission output shaft connects directly to the driveshaft.

So my question is, do the Japanese automatic 328i vehicles have a guibo? Or, do only the European and American versions have them?

Thanks for your time guys.

-Kev

[thorburn 120]

http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=...hg=26&fg=10

It would seem from the link that they don't

[Michael. 2312]

Yeah not all of them have them.

[kev_ 0]

Legend!

You guys are great, thank you very much.

I didn't even think to check RealOEM - I must use that site more often.

Now if I could only get my driveshaft bolts unstuck ... haha!

Thanks again guys

[kev_ 0]

Got them unstuck - forgot to utter a few magic four-letter words.

New center driveshaft bearing, here I come!

[Michael. 2312]

Yeah the centre bearings like to go.

My E34s one is starting to go, but I might just hold off until I look at converting it to manual or not..

[kev_ 0]

Well, from my experience I can say it's a total pain in the butt, and I will not do it again, unless it is necessary, I felt particularly masochistic, or it coincides with something else that involves dropping the exhaust sytem / driveshaft.

I read somewhere: "Oh, it only takes 2 hours".

2 hours my ass!!!

[Michael. 2312]

Oh it's a nightmare of the job, not exactly difficult in the thinking sense, but just awkward and exhausting, especially when it comes to lifting those heavy stock exhausts back up!