Suspension Noises

[crystalworks]

I used a large pipe wrench for the inner tie rods. I forget the actual size but it's up there. 36 maybe? The large pipe wrench always works for me though on every vehicle so I just keep using that (used on e30, e46, e53, and e70).

[Donnyohs]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

I used a large pipe wrench for the inner tie rods. I forget the actual size but it's up there. 36 maybe? The large pipe wrench always works for me though on every vehicle so I just keep using that (used on e30, e46, e53, and e70).

Yeah I think that's what I ended up doing for my 5 series, just wasn't sure if there was an alternate way. Any problems with access? Since its thanksgiving weekend my parts are gonna take a week to get here, so incase I need anything else tool wise, this is the best week to get them, lots of black Friday sales

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by Donnyohs

Yeah I think that's what I ended up doing for my 5 series, just wasn't sure if there was an alternate way. Any problems with access? Since its thanksgiving weekend my parts are gonna take a week to get here, so incase I need anything else tool wise, this is the best week to get them, lots of black Friday sales

No joke... I'm on my way later to Harbor Freight for some "needed" additions to the garage.

If your front end is up high enough, no access problems. Make sure you have a new boot kit for the tie rods, but other than that no issues.

[Donnyohs]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

No joke... I'm on my way later to Harbor Freight for some "needed" additions to the garage.

If your front end is up high enough, no access problems. Make sure you have a new boot kit for the tie rods, but other than that no issues.

THE FCP kit has new boots and clamps too, But thats good, I always raise my car as high as I can for suspension stuff, you never know when you'll need to do some weird maneuvering. I used to like going to Harbor Freight but after breaking too many of their tools, I started going to higher quality, that takes a little longer to break lol. I'm just waiting for those Black Friday sales, where someone has a 4 post Lift 60% off

[crystalworks]

Mmmm 4 post lift. That's living the dream.

I buy certain tools at harbor freight. Stay away from anything that requires precision like torque wrenches or ratcheting tools. For those lowest I'll grab is kobalt. Going over there later for a router and bits for a woodworking project.

[Donnyohs]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

Mmmm 4 post lift. That's living the dream.

I buy certain tools at harbor freight. Stay away from anything that requires precision like torque wrenches or ratcheting tools. For those lowest I'll grab is kobalt. Going over there later for a router and bits for a woodworking project.

Yeah, I used to just got there for a Wrench or something because I needed it for some odd usage, and everything else was super expensive or special order, I have Craftsman Torque wrenches, Ratchets, and Lisle Tools for some Specialty socks. I don't mind Kobalt, but i've broken 3 sockets from them, and I got lucky with finding a Snap on impact set at a garage sale for like 20 dollars. What router are you looking at? I bought a Bosch 1617 and it was an amazing addition to my woodworking tools, first thing I did with it, was build a Router table for my router.

[crystalworks]

Nice. That's probably too much router for my needs. Just need something to do roundovers, rabbets, and flush cuts really on a subwoofer/amp rack build. So it will probably only get used 2 or 3 times a year on other things. I'm going to grab the Bauer 1.25 horsepower router. It's between a trim router and that bosch in terms of capability and BF price is 59.99 sooooo yeah, why not. Has decent reviews and $60 is a good price point for getting my feet wet. Can always upgrade if I find I want to graduate to actual woodworking.

My wrenches are all craftsman, kobalt, and gear wrench. I did buy a big set of HF box end wrenches though, they've saved me more than once as the set I bought had a good range of sizes in metric compared to my other stuff. I break something very rarely as down here in south TX we don't have to deal with rusty fasteners nearly as much as in your neck of the woods.

[ard]

Originally Posted by Donnyohs

, I'm currently living away from my permanent address,

we are all living away from our permanent address....

[ard]

Originally Posted by Donnyohs

So an update to my work, I decided to replace Sway Bar links really quick, but I checked my Control arms and those bushings were definitely bad, so I ordered the kit from FCP, but while I'm waiting I decided to get new tires, Gotta say its hard to get tires right now, everyone seems to be out of good tires. I wanted to get an alignment because my Dealer checks and doesn't charge if they can't do it, and with the check, they found out my Outer Tierods are seized as well, which I was suspecting anyways, I mean 200k miles and no tie rod replacements is good for me... my 535 needed them at 90k miles. So I ordered New inner and outer tierods for the X5 as well, anyone know what size tool I need for the Inner Tierods? The typical inner tierod removal tool I used from a Tool Loaner program at Autozone didn't work on the 535, so just wondering if its gonna be a pain or an easy job.

\Read this about alignment specs...


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