And I found a place that will rebuild my current axles for 90-135.00 max per. They keep the existing shaft and replace the boots with GNK's and regrind some other parts and replace others/ The shop said you never want to give up your original axles if you can help it. I looked into this as a back up since I am preparing to take this on. I bet I spend a 100 hours reading and watching videos before I attempt this.

I can easily afford paying someone to do it, but I am trying to be like some of you guys that are pulling engines and rebuilding suspension. That and I sucked at this stuff as a kid and now, at 44, want to prove to myself that I can do this sort of thing well. Too bad the experience does not come easily. But when does it?

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2001 E53 X5 3.0 Auto. Silver Black Build date 10-17-2000 141kmiles

2004 E60 545i Sport 6MT. Black/Black Build Date 6-2004 102k miles