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Old 01-31-2024, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott ZHP View Post
BMW seems to have changed from the E-Torx to the internal Torx head style mid way through production. ...
On my 2001 the originals were external Torx E12. I replaced the ball joints with Lefoerders which came with Torx T45.

From my notes, the trick I needed was to remove those E12 screws first, and then the standard ball joint separator that I use on all my cars worked fine.
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