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Old 10-26-2012, 03:05 PM
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If you flip the gear as I said. And ensure that you flip it 180 degrees by marking it before pulling it, you should be fine for quite a while. I am still driving on the flipped gear.
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Happened to me and I opened up the motor to flip the gear. The previous owner beat me to it and the gear had already been flipped I ran the car in 2 wheel mode while waiting for my gear from here - BMW x3 x5 x6 E53 E83 E71 Transfer Case Motor Actuator Kit BMW 27107566296 | eBay

Opened up the actuator motor, reconditioned it and fitted the gear and presto - issue sorted!
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So you got the brass gear? How hard was it to put that gear cover back on? I think I will stick with the plastic gear when I have to.
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Hey guys, I picked up one of their brand new high temp nylon carbon reinforced actuator gears from odometergears.com

Hang tight as I will do a full write up with removal and installation as soon as I get it. Looks like the hurricane may delay it a few days.

The material used to make this gear is some pretty special stuff and in no way an ordinary plastic. We use a similar proprietary material in the Space Dynamics Lab here at Utah State University for different applications for NASA projects; rocket boosters, satillites, etc. More to come.....
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So you got the brass gear? How hard was it to put that gear cover back on? I think I will stick with the plastic gear when I have to.
I had no issues cleaning the motor and putting everything back together, codes we cleared by my Indy, and it's working perfectly so far. I guess time will tell. I was originally quoted R12000 to fix it locally ($1300) and the gear and repair cost less than $300 so I am happy.
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Oh so your mech did it. You realize actuator is around $700 brand new from dealer, and takes 10min to swap out.
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