E60/61 M54/M57/M57TU/N52/N53/N62 clutch — BMW
E60/61 M54/M57/M57TU/N52/N53/N62 clutch on BMW: 35 steps, engines M54B22, M54B25, M54B30, M57D25TU. 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 520I, |, 523I, LI, 525D, 525I, XI, (155/160, KW), 530D, 530I, 535D, 540I, 545I, 550I
- Timing position: the crankshaft or camshaft is set and locked during this job
- Special tools named: locking tool
- Renewed: oil seals
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- Do not bring any grease into contact with the clutch plate facing, clutch cover surface or flywheel surface
🔧 Engine codes this applies to
📐 23 workshop diagrams for M54B22
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
Preparation and removal
- Remove the gearbox
- Fit the alignment tool
- Remove the clutch plate
- Remove the locking mechanism
- Use a hexagonal wrench
- Note: Do not bring any grease into contact with the clutch plate facing, clutch cover surface or flywheel surface
- Flywheel locking tool:
Installation and checks
- Refit the clutch release fork with the clutch release bearing
- Tighten the clutch cover bolts
- Use new bolt(s)
- Remove the alignment tool
- Renew the oil seals if necessary
- Refit the gearbox
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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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