> I pulled the diff out of my M a few years ago. I have to admit it was a
> relatively painless operation. I was rebuilding the suspension. This
>required
> the removal of the upper and lower control arms, When all of this is removed,
> the
> space between the frame allows the pass through of the diff. Actually it was
> pretty easy. Now the pain the FIRST time was getting through the suspension
> pivot
> bolts. Naturally they had siezed up over the years to the metal inner of the
> bushing. Once they were hack sawed through I placed urethane bushings in
>their
> place and Anti-seized the bolts. No problems since when I had to remove an
> arm........ Again, a whole of the rear of the car needs to be removed;
>Brakes,
> hub/carrier, upper&lower arms and dampers. But It was really quite straight
> forward and I didn't have to cut throught the floor. I had a new carpet set
>at
> the time along with my avoidence of wanting to crawl aroung in the back of the
> car
> while fighting gravity. The other way, along with using a jack there is
>minimal
>
> "picking up" the diff. mostly a lateral move and let gravity aid in removal.
> Upon
> refitting, the jack and the usaul assortment of body positions and "words" and
> you'll slide it back in it's place. By the way the diff carrier was removed
> remained in place I believe the "ears" of the diff where removed before I
>slide
> it
> through....But I may be wrong about that... Hope this helps!
>
> Chris Young
> 74TR6
> 76TVR
> 94BMW
> 93Ducati
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