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Originally Posted by X5 in AK
Nice ride, congrats! Clean X5s are out there, but you are right, they are hard to find. Took me a month to find mine.
I had to change CV boots last month on my '01 with 80k miles - good idea on using the air hammer to push the axles out. Don't know why I didn't think of that! I used a big brass drift and a 3 pound carburetor adjustment tool (aka: hammer) and beat them out with the help of some choice four letter words.
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Although the DIY write-up here is excellent, I did not want to damage the dust shield by using the 3 jaw puller-that could possibly lead to later damage to the bearings in the hub. Luckily I asked the tech at the dealership what he uses and he mentioned the air hammer-he says he does these all the time, and can do them in about 30 minutes!
My driver's side axle was stuck hard and it took a lot of hammering with a 3lb. hammer before it would ever budge. After I got it to finally move, the air hammer drove it right out. I have a few other things to take care of next-the valley pan gasket being the big one, but I am going to monitor how long it takes before I have to add coolant to determine the severity of the leak. The other things are very minor-one broken rear sunshade clip, one AC button to replace, PDC is out (hopefully just a disconnected sensor)-nothing big at all. The stealer replaced the alternator right before I bought it, and all the brakes and rotors were replaced very recently-like within the past two months. So there are a few big ticket items I won't have to worry about!