there are two ways.

The D shaft has a pointer and mate mark on the two halves - mate them together.

I have done a repair alongside a mechanic on a 202 chassis. We moved the shaft 1 tripod movement at a time. After a few tries the car went silent. This procedure is mentioned in the FSM - hence I suggest we do it.

moral.

dont stray from the FSM.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)