No need for pics, looked at the pics of a new driveshaft in ecstuning.com and it clearly shows the orientation that you described. I'm just trying to do my homework ahead of time so hopefully this is a painless install.

I'm just glad that you also went through the same trouble I did. What should have been 15 minutes to drop that end of the driveshaft wound up taking me 5 hours. I referenced this thread before I really tore into it, taking a step back and assuring myself that I wasn't doing something incorrect.

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Current stable: 2005 LMB X5 4.8is, 2000 LMB M5, 2004 JB M3 6spd coupe