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View Full Version : getrag 265/6 vs 260/6; compatability norcale28 03-14-2007, 03:51 PM as i've mentioned in previous postings, the trans from my '87 535is is down. i just located a trans from an '85 735i. according to my findings the 735i came with a 265/6 and mine has a 260/6. any chance these are compatable? or perhaps they both have the same trannys. comments, please. xatlas0 03-14-2007, 08:16 PM Transmissions are slightly different lengths, if I recall right. May need to have your driveshaft cut or extended. They will both bolt right up to the M30, though. norcale28 03-14-2007, 10:43 PM Transmissions are slightly different lengths, if I recall right. May need to have your driveshaft cut or extended. They will both bolt right up to the M30, though. thanks. you wouldn't happen to know which course i would have to take? lengthen or shorten. xatlas0 03-15-2007, 11:46 AM thanks. you wouldn't happen to know which course i would have to take? lengthen or shorten. Not off the top of my head, no. However, on the realoem ETK, for the E28 cars, they show the driveshaft length for various years. If you check the length of an '85 car compared to, say, an '87 car (those use the 265 and the 260, respectively) that should give you an idea of the driveshaft difference, which means the transmission length difference. Dark Helmet 03-15-2007, 12:18 PM the transmissions you are comparing should be identical... that's a swap. norcale28 03-15-2007, 01:31 PM the transmissions you are comparing should be identical... that's a swap. that's the best news i've heard in a while. i'll call the guy asap. don't want to lose that baby now! :b_red xatlas0 03-15-2007, 05:07 PM They are different, according to the ETK. 265: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=DC74&mospid=47231&btnr=26_0016&hg=26&fg=05 260: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=DC74&mospid=47231&btnr=26_0016&hg=26&fg=05 Different by 44mm, or about an inch and a half. norcale28 03-16-2007, 02:27 AM They are different, according to the ETK. 265: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=DC74&mospid=47231&btnr=26_0016&hg=26&fg=05 260: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=DC74&mospid=47231&btnr=26_0016&hg=26&fg=05 Different by 44mm, or about an inch and a half. based on the info in the link, as long as the donor vehicle was produced after 9/85, i should be in good shape. that is if i can reach the guy! xatlas0 03-17-2007, 02:10 AM based on the info in the link, as long as the donor vehicle was produced after 9/85, i should be in good shape. that is if i can reach the guy! If it was produced after, it isn't using a 265, unless it is an E30 M3. norcale28 03-17-2007, 04:40 PM If it was produced after, it isn't using a 265, unless it is an E30 M3. so are you saying after 9/85 would have had the 260? |