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Originally Posted by Ryoken
Well, today I decided to do my rear bearings on the e53 , if any one decides to try this at home, trust me its not easy 
... following the autodoc video on YouTube started taking the suspension and stuff together...
... not touching it now till weekend, ill edit this with reassembly
nackered Steve |
Sounds like you had a tough time of it - and I guess I was lucky!
I too watched a lot of YouTube "guides" before tackling mine but I decided that taking the suspension apart wasn't worth the pain. Once I got the splined axle out of the hub (yes, it was tough but only took about 10 mins using a bolt-on bearing puller - the one from the slide hammer kit) and removed the axle by undoing all six drive flange bolts back near the diff (after dropping the entire exhaust system out!), removing the bearing from the carrier was pretty simple.
If I ever do one again I *would* remove the spring first, as this gives you more latitude to raise/lower the carrier (knuckle) to the ideal height/position for operations such as removing the drive shaft or undoing the bearing carrier bolts etc. It was a PITA fighting the spring pressure all the time.
Looking forward to hearing of the successful conclusion to this...
