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Suspension Noises
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What E70 are we talking here? Mileage?
You can rebuild the entire front suspension yourself for about $800 with quality parts, or half that with questionable parts. If paying someone, yes, I agree, could get expensive. Edit: Just saw in the other thread you said nearing 200k miles. If the suspension is original, I'd go for all of it. We did ours in total at 150,000 miles and it made an incredible difference.
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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles) 2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles) 2010 X5 35d Build 02/10 Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles) Last edited by crystalworks; 11-06-2020 at 05:05 PM. |
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It actually is all original, which i was surprised about, since my 5 series need a suspension refresh at 100k. What do you think I should replace?. my CV's are fine, so control arms and possibly tie rods? Or do you think the Wishbone and struts with mounts? I do all my own work. But I broke my shoulder bone 3 months ago so I don't have the strength to work on everything at one time.
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Sorry to hear about the injury. Understand working on a car with pain.
I'm the type who replaces everything when I hear a noise and then forget it for another 100k+ miles. From what I've read on here the upper wishbones never* go bad. I replaced ours anyway. It's everything else that goes. If you are looking to start with the easy and cheap, start with the sway bar links as you said. Have a look at the foam "washer" that goes on top of the strut. When it wears out it will let the strut top contact the tower and make a racket. That's what prompted replacing all of the below for us.
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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles) 2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles) 2010 X5 35d Build 02/10 Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles) |
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I hear you. I don't trust many of my friends to work on my cars either. Only one really, lol and only under my supervision.
This is the foam washer in question. And here's a better shot from another user. It leaves foam dust everywhere as a tell tale sign of failure. Edit: Here's a good thread on the rebuild. I posted one too but I used this one to get a good idea of what I was in store for. https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/...ive-drive.html
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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles) 2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles) 2010 X5 35d Build 02/10 Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles) |
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Tension arms. There are two 'lower' arms. The tension strut arm takes a massive pounding.
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First parts to to are the control arms and tension struts. They have varied level of kits at fcpero.com. Back and front. It wouldn't replace shock unless it's showing age. Our X5s are both about 190,000mi original shock still performing ok. The anti sway links should have failed long ago.
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Good deal. Agree with Andrew and ard. Would do sway bar end links as an I'm in there since they are the cheapest component. And look at the tension arm and control arm as your most likely cause of that noise. Don't replace struts unless bad, I didn't.
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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles) 2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles) 2010 X5 35d Build 02/10 Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles) |
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