guibo question

[RefinedThinking]

Mine looks the same as the above picture with balancer behind the guibo.

Also, try dropping the CSB before you attack the guibo. It'll give you tons more wiggle with the driveshaft.

[E30Gus]

the flange slides right off after you remove the retaining nut with a 30mm thinwall deep socket.... slides right off-

Please stop pretending you have done this before & posting wrong info.

[ROLLingKING]

now now..be nice

1..it makes no sense to hamer those bolts out..cause then they would spin.haha i got my bolt tight..got the guibo to move enough so i could fit a tool back there.

but there were a lot of ppl suggesting things and it sounded like they never actually did it with the balancer like that and they were just saying what they thought would work..check out my build thread and u will see what i had to go through for it to work..what a pain in the ass

[accident]

IF OP had proper equipment and know how to remove flange, he probably would not have posted this thread...

[JRector]

This thread should have been dead after page 1. Even if the OP has never done this before, there are only a couple ways to put everything together and everyone has told him how to do it the proper way.

[Wanganstyle]

Please learn how to read before you talk shit. He clearly stated that the bolts are pressed in to the flange and need to be hammered out.

IF OP had proper equipment and know how to remove flange, he probably would not have posted this thread...

[accident]

the flange slides right off after you remove the retaining nut with a 30mm thinwall deep socket.... slides right off-

Please stop pretending you have done this before & posting wrong info.

Please learn how to read before you talk shit. He clearly stated that the bolts are pressed in to the flange and need to be hammered out.

[Wanganstyle]

Those bolts are pressed into the flange. You have to take the flange off of the tranny to get them out using heat/air hammer, BFH, etc.

the flange slides right off after you remove the retaining nut with a 30mm thinwall deep socket.... slides right off-

Please stop pretending you have done this before & posting wrong info.

[Cronopoulos]

Hey cornopoulos

I just realized the tranny flange sits in front of that shield so I dont think removing the shield will be that simple. The tranny will then be in the way.

But those bolts that are in the pic..the bolt head is on the backside of the guibo. Making it in my case not possible to get any wrenches on it.. Do those bolts spin if i try and take the nuts off of them? If they do then that would be another bolt I cant tighten which i dont need at the moment.lol

No I agree with what you are saying. I was just instructing the OP how to attach the guibo in the correct order or at least the way I found the easiest. There seems to be some discrepancies on where that shield is located though. Like E30GUS stated, those bad boys should be pressed in and should not spin. Maybe there are more differences in this design then I first anticipated. Either or in my case with an 87, this process to around 15 minutes to complete once all the necessary steps to get there were taken.

[E30Gus]

Those bolts are pressed into the flange. You have to take the flange off of the tranny to get them out using heat/air hammer, BFH, etc.

[ROLLingKING]

Attach the Guibo to the driveshaft first then attach the guibo+driveshaft to the transmission...

Hey cornopoulos

I just realized the tranny flange sits in front of that shield so I dont think removing the shield will be that simple. The tranny will then be in the way.

But those bolts that are in the pic..the bolt head is on the backside of the guibo. Making it in my case not possible to get any wrenches on it.. Do those bolts spin if i try and take the nuts off of them? If they do then that would be another bolt I cant tighten which i dont need at the moment.lol

[ROLLingKING]

To all of those that say that the balancer is mounted wrong

Brand new unit from BMW



There are more than one model...

Also since the CSB can move quite a lot and hide the fact that the locking
collar on the drive shaft might be tightened and need to be loosened.
that way the drive shaft will adjust...

thats weeeeird...why is the balancer even there? whats supposed to be inside then?lol it just looks wrong.haha but what do i know. im stuck

[ROLLingKING]

I'm trying hard to understand this. In my experience the bolts coming from the tranny flange are press fit into the flange along with the balancer so I never had to hold a nut behind that area. All you have to do is line it up and then put the nuts on from the DS side. If yours are all "free" bolts and nuts, I don't know what to say...I've never seen that before. Is the tranny brace in the way at all?

if u look at what cabriodster87 posted..that diagram shows you how my driveshaft has the bolts facing the back and the tranny flange is going the opposite direction. (except contrary to the diagram, my guibo is inside that shield.)The opposite bolt direction tho is probably to pull the guibo in both directions keeping it from flexing..

I want to try and loosen the nuts i see but then if the bolt starts spinning in the back, now my tranny is loose..cause an open ended wrench IS NOT fitting between the shield and tranny...i mean it fits, but doesnt reach the recessed nuts or bolts from the back.

[Charley]

To all of those that say that the balancer is mounted wrong

Brand new unit from BMW



There are more than one model...

Also since the CSB can move quite a lot and hide the fact that the locking
collar on the drive shaft might be tightened and need to be loosened.
that way the drive shaft will adjust...

[Wanganstyle]

here is your solution:

buy 30mm thinwall socket; local matco or snap on will have, you can also order it online.

1. remove driveshaft from guibo
2. remove guibo from transmission output flange
3. remove transmission output flange from G260 with your new 30mm thinwall socket
4. remove studs/ extra balancer assembly; toss balancer in trash.
5. order 6x new guibo bolt/nuts (newer non pressed in style)
6. re-install transmission output flange
7. assemble and never deal with this again.

If you were local I'd tell you to take car to Ryan G Garage, he is an Ace at this puzzle.