Can a transfer box be rebuilt?

[the shreksta]

Just out of curiosity.....

Could a transfer box from an x5 be rebuilt?

If not what is the cost of a new unit?

[the shreksta]

anybody?

[X5Sport]

They can as long as you can get the guts.  If not then about £400 plus VAT would be a good guess?  There must be a couple of folks on here who have had it done.

[the shreksta]

[quote="X5Sport"]
They can as long as you can get the guts.  If not then about £400 plus VAT would be a good guess?  There must be a couple of folks on here who have had it done.
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£400 for a new one from bmw............i would have thought it would be about £2k

[X5Sport]

It might be if they did it @ £200/hr plus VAT for the labour!  And it may only come as a complete unit with drive shafts! 

[the shreksta]

lets hope mine doesnt give me any grief then

[x6edge]

Hi, Just had a new transfer box fitted to my X6, total cost £2700, of that £2400 for the box and £300 labour. Done at BMW garage.  Car was under BMW extended warranty so only had to pay £250 excess

[X5Sport]

  kinell

Ah wait a bit, was that the rear one?  If so it's a clever gizmo with electrically controlled clutches for the torque distribution on the X6.  Only the X6 versions and X5M get those.

[kkx5]

Rear one is a diff. Transfer box can be rebuild, new ones from 2400 + labour. Just depends if its 1st, 2nd or third generation of xdrive system.

[X5Sport]

Doh!  Misread that.  Of course it's a bl@@dy transfer box... :sorry:

[the shreksta]

[quote="kkx5"]
Rear one is a diff. Transfer box can be rebuild, new ones from 2400 + labour. Just depends if its 1st, 2nd or third generation of xdrive system.
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well my car is a 2004 e53 facelift 3.0d that has xdrive

i am only interested really just incase mine ever goes tits up i wanna know what sort of bills im up against

still debating a warranty but i know they can worm their way out of paying for things

[X5Sport]

You can get 'driveline' type warranties to cover just the hot/wet/oily/spinny bits which would cover the majority of the expensive parts if that helps?  The wear & tear clauses always bother me as it's not exactly clear how they define those phrases!