Front Wheel Bearing R&R

[X5SND]

Bummer! If you're gettin wheel shakes, that's definitive of something a miss in the front for sure! I suppose that the optimistic way to look at it is that hopefully it'll be one of those 2 birds, 1 stone deals--- Both wheel bearings will have been changed, and *hopefully* resolve all your vibration issues as well! Personally when it comes to things suspension/drive line related I like to do both sides; so I'd probably do the other bearing for 2 reasons...1) you already did the right side, 2) Given the state of the one you already did, this one may not be far behind....especially if the symptoms you remedied on the right are now present on the left. I know you're a busy man, but its a job that could be easily knocked off on a nice weekend...t'is the season

As far as the bushings for the rear....I was actually surprised at my rear subframe bushings (and LCA bushings as well actually) when we pulled them out. They weren't that bad -- still intact; no where near what some of the nightmare pics on this site show. That being said however, you could tell right away that while there wasn't any visible catastrophic failure, the rubber had become ROCK hard over the years. Within the first couple seconds of getting on the road you could immediately tell the difference. There was much less road vibration/noise transferred to the cabin than before....brought the 'luxury' back to the ride if you will.

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by X5SND

Bummer! If you're gettin wheel shakes, that's definitive of something a miss in the front for sure! I suppose that the optimistic way to look at it is that hopefully it'll be one of those 2 birds, 1 stone deals--- Both wheel bearings will have been changed, and *hopefully* resolve all your vibration issues as well! Personally when it comes to things suspension/drive line related I like to do both sides; so I'd probably do the other bearing for 2 reasons...1) you already did the right side, 2) Given the state of the one you already did, this one may not be far behind....especially if the symptoms you remedied on the right are now present on the left. I know you're a busy man, but its a job that could be easily knocked off on a nice weekend...t'is the season

As far as the bushings for the rear....I was actually surprised at my rear subframe bushings (and LCA bushings as well actually) when we pulled them out. They weren't that bad -- still intact; no where near what some of the nightmare pics on this site show. That being said however, you could tell right away that while there wasn't any visible catastrophic failure, the rubber had become ROCK hard over the years. Within the first couple seconds of getting on the road you could immediately tell the difference. There was much less road vibration/noise transferred to the cabin than before....brought the 'luxury' back to the ride if you will.

Thanks for the words S, will definitely be doing the left side too, will be much quicker now that I know what I'm doing. Plus I took the time to dremel off the rust off the hub on the right side, replaced the dust cover, etc, and really cleaned it all off well. I'm also going to replace hub rings with aluminum on the other 3 wheels (already did on right front) and make sure lug nuts are set to 101 ft lbs.

Exactly what I am thinking as well about the subframe bushings, the rubber just dries out completely, and with 10 years on my X and seeing salty winters like you do, I believe mine could use changing as well

Tis the season is right, got my spark plugs changed over the weekend and noticeably smoother startups and idle were gained right away! Now I have to do lower intake boot for preventative maintenance of a leak, chase down my ABS/DSC/BRAKE trifecta (might be ABS module or wheel sensor I have to do testing), and then after that I can finally paint my calipers with G2 caliper paint and get my cluster pixels repaired.

I told you I had tons to do before my headlight project can begin, haha