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Originally Posted by davesx5
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I changed out one side.
Lessons learned
USE THE BMW TOOL
Using other presses and tools will work, but it takes allot of time and effort. It turns a 10 minute job into 2 hours.
You do not need a spring compressor.
Using 2 jacks I was able to compress the spring pefect to slide in the long bolt.
I am waiting for the rental tool to do the other side.
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Sounds like my experience with the subframe bushings; first one, with a home-built tool, took hours (plus the time it took to fabricate the tool) and broke the tool. Once I got the real deal, the other three took me ~two hours from start to finish. I'm a believer.
