[Dobrin]

Hi,
I apologize if this has already been answered, but I am struggling to find a replacement for my rear left axle which has a torn rubber and is already making strange sounds.
The car is 2009 335i xDrive with manual transmission.
Realoem gives me part number 33207604603
I can't find this anywhere! What do you recommend? I am willing to buy used, aftermarket or rebuilt but not new BMW for thousands of $$.
One particular confusion is the exchangeability of these parts. Seems that MT and AT are different. But are AWD and RWD different? Also, are these parts interchangeable with the 1 series?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
Dobrin

[onebluemcm]

I wonder if this guy ever got this figured out. I'm in the same boat - swapping a 335xi drivetrain from auto to manual, including diffs which requires different rear axles.

33207604603 and 33207604604 are the p/n's, but finding anything aftermarket is very difficult.

[Dobrin]

This guy ended up buying used axle from eBay

Never figured out the exchangeability question, so I waited patiently for the part number 33207604603 to appear on eBay and to make sure it was taken from a 335i coupe xDrive manual transmission. However, the label on the axle I had (the label that is pretty much inside the differential) did not match the one I bought from eBay, so it is very likely I could have replaced it with some other part number.

This was the original axle that came out of my car (assuming nobody else has changed it before me):


And this is the one I put in:

[Aode06]

Rockauto has all your axles cheap. Awd and Rwd are the same .
AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION ARE NOT.
NCV27087 Rear left driver side AWD MANUAL Transmission .
Ebay has it cheaper