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I bought a 320i and taking the tranny and diff out of it. Now the driveshaft in the 320i is what I want to use. Now my question is, Is it the 320i driveshaft that gets shortend 3.6in or the 2002's driveshaft?

See the 320i is a 3 bolt driveshaft, so it should be easer to just shorten that one than the 02's

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is correct if you're transplanting the 4 bolt output flange from your 4-speed onto the 5-speed.

The 6 bolt guibo is thinner than the 8 bolt flavor so you need to make the drive shaft correspondenging longer.

The easiest method is to purchase one that is already shortened. You're going to need to purchase transmission mounts anyway.

I bought a shortened driveline and bolt-in mounts from Dave Varco (http://www.2002parts.com/). Great guy, great prices, worth your support.

When you're doing the job, don't forget a new clutch slave, TO bearing and pilot bearing. If you have any doubts about the clutch disk, replace it too. You don't want to R&R that tranny more than once.

If you're not feeling lucky, replace the seal on the output flange of tranny too.

Cheers!!

John N

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once with a five speed conversion, is a pinched brake line in the tranny tunnel. It seems the 5 speed has to be moved up and to the drivers side to line up correctly. When that is the case, the tranny rubs the brake line that runs to the rear, and as they say, "if it rubs, it will rub through". So watch that line closely.

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of the 320 driveshaft mated to the rear section of the 02 driveshaft--it'll have to be balanced of course. That way you can use the six bolt 320 guibo which is supposed to be stronger than the original 02 8 bolt unit.

Good luck--one of these days I'll get around to using the five speed and driveshafts that have been inhabiting my garage the past couple of years.

Cheers

Mike

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