Thanks for following up, stackz. Glad it worked out so well.

What mileage are / were you at when you had the problems?

I'm at 187k, well aligned, but have tire wear on the outer corners. Most (all?) other front suspension components are pretty new, but not the inner tie rod ends. Tire wear could be (likely is) due to problems before I replaced most of the other components and got the alignment, but not sure, and holding off on replacing the tires due to the uncertainty.

Did you have tire wear, and if so, what was it? Any other symptoms?

Thanks.

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2001 X5 3.0i, 203k miles, AT, owned since 2014