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rear suspension check, ball-joint and upper wishbone...
Is it possible @80k both ball-joint and wishbone still good? or I am doing this rudementery check wrong. TIA. |
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It's more likely that the parts are worn out and you're not able to test in a way that exposes it. There's a youtube vid that shows how to test, but at 80K, just replace ALL the steering and suspension parts that have ball joints and/or bushings, front and rear. Go to realoem.com and you'll see the service value line, which shows you what to buy. Shop around for pricing.
When done, you might not even need an alignment- I've seen others post that, but I did just because I am OCD about my X. |
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That's the thing I saw the youtube and that one on E46 3-series is obviously bad, it clanks when the wheel is jiggled. Mine is tight, I even put a jack while the car on the stand to move the arm/hub up-down, all action is smooth and clearly no play on the ball joint.
The reason I am in this situation is my SA at the dealer says I need rear ball joint cause the inner tire wears. I called an indy which specialized in BMW and they said it's not common for rear ball joint to wear before 100K-miles. I bought all of the parts thinking I can do this to save money but looks like I'll just bring it for alignment and monitor the tire wear closely. |
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Ok now go to YouTube and search for x5 how to check rear control arms.
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i dont know if you try to do this......heres a link..
VAC Motorsports - Correcting tire wear on a BMW X5 E53 - YouTube
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My ball joints and upper arms were bad at 70000km (43000mi). Same thing for other members here. |
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no problem HPIA4v2.........were you getting inner tire rub too?>...
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Call Me For Tires: 732-421-6931 Past 2000 E46 325i 2006 E53 4.4i Sport 2006 X5 4.8is 2011 E90 328xi 2011 E71 50i Fully Loaded :thumb up: Current 2000 E39 528i 2013 F10 M5 2013 F10 535xi 2017 X3 2017 Sedona 2017 Optima 2016 Fiesta |
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BTW, did you replace those two parts yourself or got someone to do it? My only concern is like that guy says, I know I need to release the air out of the air-spring but not sure if I can just push the hub-carrier (#1) up using like a bottle jack and have enough room to put my extractor tool on the swing arm (#15). Cause I heard that ball joint is tight on the carrier, and if I had to remove the brakes and the whole suspension off is just too much work. Last edited by HPIA4v2; 06-12-2012 at 09:06 AM. |
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RealOEM.com * BMW E53 X5 4.4i Repair kit for ball joint
Hope the link creator worked... anyway, just noticed on realoem.com this new "Value Line Ball Joint Repair Kit". Is this the part your mechanic says to replace... in addition to the upper control arms? |
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