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03-11-2010, 12:52 AM
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Wheel Speed sensors OEM or after market?
00 01 02 03 BMW X5 ABS Wheel Speed Sensor 34526756380 : eBay Motors (item 350321030107 end time Mar-26-10 01:46:58 PDT) vs. Top3 Racing 
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03-12-2010, 01:17 AM
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What is the reason you are having to replace the speed sensors? If it is because the OEM's failed then that is the answer to your question. I have replaced every OEM part failure on my X with aftermarket, at a huge discount I should add, and haven't had one of them fail again. I have had several original OEM parts failures however.
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03-12-2010, 02:14 AM
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I haven't had to replace mine, but I think they are a fairly easy/quick fix, right? If that is the case, you could try the cheaper route. Having said that, I wouldn't feel too confident purchasing form those ebay stores. That is just me though.
Aftermarket parts, especially cheaper versions with unknown quality, will fail just as fast or faster than OEM in most cases. I bought a remanufactured alternator from Autozone for my e36 last week to save money. After a few hours of labor, I started the car only to see my lights pulsing. The aftermarket alternator had a bad voltage regulator. I had to rip it out and go for round two. Bottom line is you never know what you are getting with parts, but overall BMW OEM parts are very solid, with the exceptions of the very common failure prone items, and are more than likely held to a much higher quality standard than most of the typical ebay junk.
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03-12-2010, 02:35 AM
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It's about an half hour work depending on how stuck the screw and the old sensor is..
I did it last week, and it was easy peasy... I went for the oem, but if i knew how wasy it was to install it, i would have gotten a cheaper aftermarket version..
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03-12-2010, 01:15 PM
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Thanks guys. I might get one of each since it looks like I need to replace two sensors. I measure the impedance on both rear ones and one had infinite (which it looks bad to me) and one had 480 ohms both directions which I though would not be good either, since it has a diode it supposed to be different impedance.
But what are the odds to get two speed sensors going bad in the same time. I read a good doc on e39 on how to test these sensors and to me both look bad based on that procedure.
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03-12-2010, 01:49 PM
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03-12-2010, 03:50 PM
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I will sometimes try aftermarket stuff, but I will never try stuff off of e-bay. You have no assurance of the distribution chain and therefore the source of the part. They can very well be quality control rejects or defective returns.
If you want to try aftermarket to save money, I highly recommend sticking with established sellers, such as Rockauto.com. If Rockauto is selling these sensors for $89, ya gotta wonder how anyone can sell the same thing for $36... that has to be below Rock Auto's cost.
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