I had a customer drive into a parking curb at 30mph; it broke his front drive prop free which flopped around and put a hole in his transmission pan breaking off a couple pan bolts as well.

It is an xdrive so I just removed the front prop completely so he could drive RWD until I replaced the prop (and a outside the box shop fixed the busted t pan using rtv and through bolts to replace the bolt bosses that broke off).

Skip ahead a few months and we discover the impact damaged the front seal on the TC so the oil leaked out and it burned up the TC.

I found a complete TC for about $550 reasonable miles and with a warranty so that was 30,000 miles ago

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)