Well, replaced the ball joint and Swing supports again on the 4.4. Started to hear a knock going over bumps again. Soooo... Ball joints and Swing Supports from URO suck BTW. I know I know, they were cheap. They last 4 months. The pair of joints cost me $16 and the Swing supports cost $30 total. So I ended up putting the Meyles in.

And what did I get? Well things were going smooth until the ball joints. Popped the Tension strut to Hub Carrier with my new and correct tool instead of a pickle fork. That bang scared me for a sec because the threads shattered off. WHAT A BANG! So got my E12 torx bit out and started turning. They were seized??? I tried this new stuff I got a Bimmerfest, CRC Freeze off. The rep swore by it. So tried it. Let it sit... Tried again... Bang, the head snapped. AWESOME!!! Used PB Blaster for the other nut, came off no problem. (Not trying to compare the 2 here, just sayin') Now I had a problem. Start looking in the tool, found a bolt out.. Didn't work... So now... Whipped out the center drill bit, .175 drill bit, .250 drill bit, .312 drill bit, and 50mm .360 tap. 1 1/2 hours to drill the hole out and retap the hole. I left the hub and everything intact. Just jacked the X higher in the air and got under it. The got to the other side, bolts came out just fine, now the ball joint was seized in the socket. PB Blaster, a drift, and 4lb sledge hammer did the trick. 45mins to get that sucker out. Uhg... But got the Swing supports in and the new ball joints. Drove it, no knocks. GREAT!

Now tomorrow the fun starts. Full detail on her. I mean taking everything out, steam cleaning, washing engine bay, Iron cut, clay, Klasse Twins, Ultimate Compound, and then wax. Gonna take the wheels off and clean the wells out. So much grease and crap slung in there. Its gonna be suh-weet.

I'm gonna surprise my father with it this weekend. I'm gonna give him the 4.4i.

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2011 E70 50i M Sport