Rear Ball Joints

[Ricky Bobby]

Or you can jack up the rear air spring to relieve preload on the suspension and check for play that way.

Yes the lower ball joints and upper control arms are a huge wear item on our rear ends.

[davesx5]

I do have inside tire wear. But with all my reading, allot of people complain about that. I do not have air bags so I had to use the jack trick to relieve pressure. BTW car has 150,000.

[cn90]

You can use the E39 DIY I wrote a while back:

DIY: 1998 BMW 528i Complete REAR Suspension Overhaul - Bimmerfest - BMW Forums

[Freestyler]

Originally Posted by cn90

You can use the E39 DIY I wrote a while back:

DIY: 1998 BMW 528i Complete REAR Suspension Overhaul - Bimmerfest - BMW Forums

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cn90! You are here!
You don't know me personally. But your legendary E39 suspension DIY's on Bimmerfest has saved me, as well as many others, huge amounts of grief, working hours and money, back when i had my E39.
I'm more than thrilled that you are here on Xoutpost now.

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Sorry for the hi-jack.. But those of you who are familiar with cn90's epic DIY's know why i couldn't restrain myself.

[cn90]

Originally Posted by Freestyler

...But your legendary E39 suspension DIY's on Bimmerfest has saved me, as well as many others, huge amounts of grief, working hours and money, back when i had my E39.
I'm more than thrilled that you are here on Xoutpost now.
...

Glad you found my DIYs useful.

The X5 REAR suspension is essentially the same as E39 (my car is 1998 528i).
The ball joint is the same PN, ditto for the Integral Link.
Use realoem dot com to get your PNs.

I feel no need to write a REAR suspension DIY for E53 because the E39 DIY is good enough.