I just tried again with a big air compressor and a Nitrocat 1200 impact wrench. I could not get the bearing to move at all even with heat and full torque. I was bending my breaker bar by the end and literally crushing the grade 10 washers. I'm off to a machine shop on Tuesday to see what they say.

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2003 X5 3.0i MT, White, 161k