E46 S5D-200G M43TU gearbox — BMW
E46 S5D-200G M43TU gearbox on BMW: 45 steps, engines M43B16TU, M43B19TU. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for BMW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 316, CI, |, 316I
📋 Procedure
- Remove the reinforcement plate
- Remove the engine lower cover
- Remove the heat shield(s)
- Remove the cross member under the gearbox
- Renew the self-locking nuts
- Lower the gearbox slightly
- Fit the special tool
- Disconnect the gear-shift mechanism from the gearbox
- Disconnect the reversing light switch cable
- Remove the gearbox bolts
- Propeller shaft middle support
Other BMW procedures
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- E 36 steering column removal
- E 36 cylinder head removal M44
- E 36 cylinder head removal M41
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- E36 cylinder head M52
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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