Last day of the christmas holiday today so was determined to get as much done as possible, starting with removing the diff. Took rear wheels off (cursing that I hadn't loosened the nuts when it was on the ground!), removed the rear anti roll bar for better access to the diff and then had another go a the bolts that beat me before. As they had been soaking in WD40 for the last two days they came of much easier this time. Next I got to use my new Torx socket set to remove the drive shafts from the diff, which was surprisingly easier than I had expected. Finally removed the three mounting bolts and the diff was out.
Diff on the way down.
Very dirty diff on my work bench.
Once the diff was out I removed the rear half of the propshaft. The BMW propshaft is in two pieces and as access the the bolts holding the front half the the gearbox was so difficult I decided to leave it in place and remove it when I remove the engine and gearbox.
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