Genuine BMW part 23 12 8 677 737: Repair kit, shaft seal. The number stamped on the part is 23128677737; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 8677737. You will find it on our Transmission shelf, under Bearing in housing, sealing rings. It supersedes the older number 1222771, so a part carrying that number is the same part.
It fits every E46 body style (320i, 323i and 325i, 1999–2006), with the M52, M54 or M56 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 2 diagrams, among them S5D...G housing + mounting parts (23_0234) and GS6-17BG/DG seals / mounting parts (23_1032).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
