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Old 12-09-2005, 01:16 AM
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Anyone replaced a ball joint yet? DIY?
Any tips? Is this something I should go after myself or pay the stealership $400+?
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Old 12-09-2005, 01:23 AM
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Any tips? Is this something I should go after myself or pay the stealership $400+?
You sure it's a ball joint?

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Old 12-09-2005, 01:29 AM
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what exactly do you mean by ball joint? control arm ball joint?

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Yep. Control Arm BJ. Dealer wants $450 to replace. The part alone is $100 at the dealer and "they were sure if the busings were pressed in or not". Very little help to say the least. I would like to do this myself if possible, but am not confident the dealer is getting me the right parts.
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Old 12-09-2005, 10:38 AM
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Yep. Control Arm BJ. Dealer wants $450 to replace. The part alone is $100 at the dealer and "they were sure if the busings were pressed in or not". Very little help to say the least. I would like to do this myself if possible, but am not confident the dealer is getting me the right parts.
Replacing a control arm is really not a big deal. Although I never did it on my X5 (I have an extended warranty so why would I do it myself?) I did this on many other cars. A ball joint puller will make the removal of the ball joint an easy job. You can get one at any automotive store for about $20. The DIY article pointed by DREX is excellent. Getting your wheels aligned after is recommended.
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Old 12-09-2005, 10:40 AM
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Not a bad DIY. The hardest part is breaking free the nuts if they're rusted over and getting the ball joint in out of the rotor bracket mounting thingamabob. In doing so, I ended up pulling some kind of axle coupling thing out of the front differential thingamajig. Haha, sorry guys, not all that great at the tech terms.

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Old 12-09-2005, 10:44 AM
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alpac beat me to it. You might want a ball joint puller whatchamacallit thing. Haha, I imagine it would make the removal 100x easier.

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Do I need the whole arm or just the BJ?

Should I buy it from the dealer or a parts store?
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Old 12-09-2005, 10:57 AM
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Do I need the whole arm or just the BJ?

Should I buy it from the dealer or a parts store?
Change both BJ and arm. The arm comes with the bushings so you get that changed too.
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Drex did you change the BJ in your article or just the CA? Anything special required when changing the BJ as well?
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