Well, I got the hub off with a few hundred whacks (only working with the 5 lb weight on the slide hammer) then got the race off the hub using a Dremel with a cutoff wheel. Now the holdup is the ABS sensor; so far it's refusing to budge. Grrrrrr. With it in the way there's no way to get a plate on the back side of the bearing. I gave it one more shot of penetrant and will give it the night to ponder its stubbornness. Anybody have any tricks to getting that bad boy out of there?

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2001 X5 Sport 3.0/5-speed
1998 318ti/5-speed
1988 735i/5-speed
1984 528e/5-speed (soon to be M20B25-powered 525i!)