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Originally Posted by Sophisticated Redneck
For us mere mortals however, it will take an extra hour or two to properly brace the transmission, move any heat shielding & exhaust out of the way, pull all the bolts, then reinstall everything, especially for the vast majority of people who have never done the work before and I have feeling 90% of everyone reading this has never had the pleasure of pulling a E70 cross member before.
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In advance, thanks for this thread - I'm about to do the same job and it's helped.
On my X5 I've found the crossmember gets in the way when changing the transmission fluid and cut down a bit to undo a bolt - it was fiddly but worked.
On my X6 I actually need to take off the crossmember for something else and it really wasn't much work:
- Remove 2x extra undertrays
- Lift transfer case *slightly* with a jack to take the weight
- Prop with a piece of wood (where the transfer case mount is)
- Now you can undo the bolts and drop it down
It's not 5 minutes, but less than 30?
I didn't need to touch the exhaust or any heatshields, but that may be engine dependent.