Guibo R&r, Drivetrain Squeak...

[Roundeie]

After replacing a Guibo which was shredded due to age and general neglect I have detected a slight squeak coming from the drivetrain area. The squeaking occurs on shifts at low rpm. These are the first drives after replacement. Any thoughts??

[LimeySteve]

Center bearing , mine sounded like a spirit , it was a wooh hoo kind of sound at low rpm, new drive shaft = silence.

[M2M3M3]

did you relook at new guibo?  is it hitting the shifter input shaft on the tranny?

[TobyB]

I too was thinking that the center bearing dust cap might be touching the center bearing support rubber.

 

Noisy but harmless.

 

Or the bearing's done- not so harmless.

 

t

[Roundeie]

Will have to check both of these out tomorrow after work.

[layers]

Hi--

 

When you replaced your Guibo did you lubricate the centering bearing that centers in the Guibo, located on the end of the driveshaft?  If dry this can sound like a nest of crickets at certain speeds.  I use Redline grease although the BMW manual suggests Longterm-2.

 

Larry

[Roundeie]

Didn't grease center bearing as I was new to the guibo thing...

Any way to get this done without another R&R? That was brutal but if I have to...