it has been 2 weeks the dealer is ordering parts for me and cant get it right that what part is this....
its mini cooper s R53 6speed manual left hand side shaft...but what is at the end...its like an aluminum bearing or something that goes inside the gearbox

the DEALER even cannot figure it out...
please help...where can i can it?
i am attaching a picture for it...

 

I believe its just the axle seal. part number 23117550058

 

thanks for the reply bro but axle seal is HARD-PLASTIC this is something else, aluminum kind of bearing...here is another picture ...take a look

 

That is a seal, or looks like a seal. Was the car worked on before in that area? Why did you take it apart. If someone put an extra or wrong seal it make be a cause of the issue.

 

hello HRM...
it was leaking the transmission fluid from the driver side...took out the shaft and found this...
now i am thinking the car was worked before,a guy once fixed the leaking fluid from the transmission 2years ago and he used some replacement part
...the dealer says mini has nothing like this...
can it be axle seal part number 23117550058? Left hand side

 

is that not the output flange seal? Perhaps the plastic was upgraded at some point? If it is a bearing then I would expect roller bearings and a cage to seperate the inner and outer races, which does not appear to be the case...

 

flange seal bro?
is there an OEM part number for it...never heard of it....i see in minimania...looks really alike...
i think i am getting close

 

Chevy uses an axle seal similar to that on the 3/4 ton trucks. Its a sleeved seal. It presses into the case then onto the axle shaft. My bet is someone has replaced the OEM seal with that. Where they got it from or why they used it I can't tell you but if you replace it with the OEM seal I'd bet your leak would go away.

 

Ditto on sleeved seal. Used them on our transaxle shafts for our FA race car.

 

Does this help from realoem.com
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...23&fg=15&hl=10

Its #8 in the pic listed as Shaft seal.

 

THANK YOU ALOT GUYS for reading and answering to me...
it was number 8 like what mdsbrain and jpitchford... actually the mechanic who replaced this seal before used this silver thing to stop the leak and now it go bad and no one knew from where it came...
i will get back the mini tomorrow...all the parts are perfect...

Thank You jpitchford,msdbrain,HRM,Cobra-racer,cmt52663...you guys saved me from a headache that i have been having from 2weeks running to the dealer and here and there...