I see this too often

[e30Villain]

was planning on doing my giubo soon, and i did not know about this. I'm happy i opened this thread up ;)

[AndrewBird]

so 3 nuts are on tranny side and the other 3 are on the driveshaft side?

Just took a a driveshaft out 6 hours ago and all the nuts were on the tranny side :(

It had nothing to do with where the nuts are and everything to do with the arrows needing to be pointing to the flange, not away from it.

[Thizzelle]

so i just changed drive shaft and didn't know this about guibo so I checked and I had installed it right. I just looked at the design and figured it would work best the way I put it in and it was the right way. yay for my college edumacation

[E30 Wagen]

Just lowered the driveshaft off mine and it had been installed wrong by the PO...

[Cabriolet]

GRRRR OMG yet another one installed backwards.

When I replaced it yesterday, in a rush, the only brand we could get was Dorman. There are no arrows marks on it, so one must look at the old one to compare, when putting it in.

[rob-redm]

have seen it many times myself, I remember the early disc(02 I think that had a metal strap around them) people would take the strap off before installing them.. Oops hey this does fit .

[TobyB]

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Actually, if you look it up, it's not guibo nor giubo, it's a

UNIVERSAL JOINT - LK=78MM/D=110MM (Auto Trans.)

or

UNIVERSAL JOINT - LK=78MM/D=110MM

which made me laugh.

the nylon lock nuts should be replaced as well. They are technically only one time use and can come undone if reused.

Carroll Smith, author of "Prepare to Win" disagreed with you.
He's dead, now, sadly. He died of old age, not driveshaft failure.

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[Holland]

Guibo fist pump.

[Cabriolet]

Real OEM has issues. it also says that the 325i needs a 96mm flex disk, when really it is a 78mm disk

[GillesBigCowboy]

I was looking at the nuts when I put one on wrong... As soon as i put everything back together, i realized the mistake and had to remove exhaust and all the other crap to go back in and correct it.
Don't even look at bolts or nuts; look only at the three points of tranny and three points of driveshaft.

[pandaboo911]

I did mine and all 6 nuts were on the trans side, I could have slid the shaft out again and put the screws in before sliding it up all the way, but honestly I don't think it matters which side the nuts are on.

I was able to put a 17 on one side and a torque wrench on the other. Make sure those fuckers are tight, and if you re-use the lock nuts place them in a vice and squish the top ring a little bit to make it oval again.

[Raxe]

Actually, if you look it up, it's not guibo nor giubo ...

'Giubo' was what the guy who invented it named it, the generic term most manufacturers use is flex disc.

BMW's ETK has got to be one of the worst guides to refer to for parts names haha, likely because of translation issues.

[Cabriolet]

I did mine and all 6 nuts were on the trans side, I could have slid the shaft out again and put the screws in before sliding it up all the way, but honestly I don't think it matters which side the nuts are on.

I was able to put a 17 on one side and a torque wrench on the other. Make sure those fuckers are tight, and if you re-use the lock nuts place them in a vice and squish the top ring a little bit to make it oval again.

having the 6 nuts on the trans side is correct. it makes it easier to change.
i've reused and never seen an issue with anyone reusing them.

PS i thought this may need to be bumped for the new people.

[mr.vang]

It had nothing to do with where the nuts are and everything to do with the arrows needing to be pointing to the flange, not away from it.

So, this? Everyone who is just throwing stuff out there is making it more confusing then it is.

[mr.vang]

I was looking at the nuts when I put one on wrong... As soon as i put everything back together, i realized the mistake and had to remove exhaust and all the other crap to go back in and correct it.
Don't even look at bolts or nuts; look only at the three points of tranny and three points of driveshaft.

What?