Topic: Help! E36 Rear Subframe/Diff Removal
I have read all the DIY I could find regarding the removal before I started. Here are the issues/questions I have after getting started and feel stuck and now a little concerned.
1994 325i
1. Separating the diff from the driveshaft. I have taken the 4 nuts off. How do you get the studs out so that the diff is free of the driveshaft?
2. Concerning the 4 bolts holding the rear subframe. The rear most two bolts dropped right out. The front two are just spinning but don't seem to want to drop out. They have lowered about an inch, and I can see threads between the subframe and the body of the car, but they won't come out.
3. My plan was to drop the diff and subframe out together as all the diy I read do it that way. Would it be better to remove the diff first?
4. Reinstalling everything (if I ever actually get there). Should it be reinstalled as one unit? Or install the subframe and then the diff?
I would really appreciate any help as I feel stuck and pretty helpless at this point. Plus, I'm at that point right now of feeling frustrated after working for a few hours and getting nothing accomplished.
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