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by G Walker - 24/08/26 06:52 PM
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That looks much the same as on Tarka.
I suspect the curved section acts to strengthen the structure against lateral stress. But when Tarka goes in for a service next month I'll get Williams to carefully clean and check the bracket.
Looking at the photos it seems that the securing bolts go in from within the car, making removing it not an easy job.
Peter,
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Martin,
any news on this problem... I remain concerned and curious.....!!
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I have submitted photos to the factory via my dealer but have not heard back. I am in Angouleme at the moment but plan to chase it up next week.
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The flange on the other side looks to have a fine line that might be the beginnings of another crack.
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At least it's not the gearbox casing itself. Mine completely snapped in two mounting points. It appeared that the prop shaft became loose and the resultant vibration (that only happened at certain speeds) caused the failure to the mounts and bent the prop shaft.
Gearbox casing is not a part available on its own. The gearbox was circa £8k plus vat alone as one fix, Add on labour and the propshaft and it was looking to be a humongous bill. Fortunately being that the auto box is found in a number of BMW's was able to get a salvage gearbox and used the casing from that.
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Which car did you have the gearbox casing fail on. Assume it was not the series 5 so soon.
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