530iT 5 speed swap thread

[repenttokyo]

Really brave to do it outside - that's dedication to getting things done on time!

[Julien]

Hey guys,
Got all my parts together to do a five speed swap on my e34 (from Ross on here and BMAparts)

At roughly 1pm...

A little bitchin' got that huge/heavy exhaust out (broke two bolts though :-( )

My guibo was in STELLAR shape (I don't know how the car still moved)

Driveshaft came out surprizingly easy..



Now to the transmission. I have removed 8 bolts and have completely and utterly stripped the **** out of one. It sits about at 10pm on the transmission and I'm at a complete loss of where to go from now apart from pulling the motor out (if that happens the same motor isn't going back in *hint-hint*. I can barely get my hands on it and thats about it. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Julien

[bad_manners_god]

Now to the transmission. I have removed 8 bolts and have completely and utterly stripped the **** out of one. It sits about at 10pm on the transmission and I'm at a complete loss of where to go from now apart from pulling the motor out (if that happens the same motor isn't going back in *hint-hint*. I can barely get my hands on it and thats about it. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Julien

Get a slightly smaller socket and hammer it onto the bolt. It's an extremely tight fit.

Slap a breaker bar on it and give it a good tug.

[Julien]

Get a slightly smaller socket and hammer it onto the bolt. It's an extremely tight fit.

Slap a breaker bar on it and give it a good tug.

did that, the bolt is now completely round

[bad_manners_god]

did that, the bolt is now completely round

Vice-Grip's?

Umm.......

Drill a Hole and jam a Male Torx bit inside?

[Ross]

Try one of the stripped bolt removers or whatever they call them. They have a sharp slow helix that is supposed to grab even a round fastener. Sort of an internal easy out.
Drop the back of the trans for a little more wiggle room and use long extensions for that "long distance dedication".

[healtoeit]

Try one of the stripped bolt removers

I 2nd that.

You could also take a drill bit and cut the head off, then you would get the tranny off and you could pull it out like a stud.

[yaofeng]

Take the drive train out.

[Julien]

No way I can drill it out because of where it sits. Tranny is sitting off its mounts on a jack right now.. no more room there. I'll go buy one of those stripped bolt removers, does anyone have a picture so I can see what they look like? I'm guessing a place like northern tool would carry it.

Thanks,
Julien

[e34.535i.sport]

I don't know how big these bolts are or if you could get one in but if its rounded on the outside what about a pipe wrench?