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Old 03-02-2015, 11:17 AM
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Well, I tackled this today and I'm still struggling. Let's put it this way, the driver's side mount is not your friend. Passenger side isn't a cakewalk either, but it will come out if you lower the subframe on that side an inch or so. The problem is the front axle cv joints hit the body and prevent the motor from rotating enough to give room. It's stupid tight on the driver's side, as mentioned above. That's where I'm about to give up. My wife was hanging on the pry bar and I still didn't have enough room. It's a retarded design...

Pelican's website had a how to and had me thinking it would be a lot easier than it is but clearly they were working with a 6 cylinder X5. I should have known when their first steps wouldn't work (taking the nut/bolts out on the passenger side from above -- can't happen with my set of tools and I've got a ton of them...

Moral of the story is have a shop do your driver's side mount unless you have the half shaft out for some other reason. And, if you are taking the half shaft out, you might want to consider replacing the driver's side mount. Seriously...
No it is doable. You just need a small ass wrench, and drop the subframe a bit more than an inch. But it get scary at this point. Yea get a shop to do it.
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Old 03-02-2015, 11:50 PM
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No it is doable. You just need a small ass wrench, and drop the subframe a bit more than an inch. But it get scary at this point. Yea get a shop to do it.
While I appreciate the response, I did solve things...

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