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Okay, another parts cannon was fired. All four corners have new rotors and pads. Two new sensors and e-brake adjustments were made. The hand brake begins to grab on the first clicks. Now it doesn't have to go to max pull to hold it from rolling. The previous owner stated brakes had been done with two years of purchase. Well, they didn't last long. Austin traffic soon proved it by steer shaking under hard braking. The shaking is what started a front suspension refresh. Finally all out replacement with an oil pan gasket fix. The rear pads were okay. The fronts were unevenly worn out. One pad was really bad. It must have been the one causing steer shaking on hard braking. All four corners and new 255/60R17 tires stop the X5 hard and fast. It was so hot I had to pull out a canopy for shade plus use a box fan. I need to finish cleaning my garage out to have work room. :confused:

Plus I used 6-7 cans of brake cleaner. 3 new full cans and some partial cans I had around the garage.

Last week a small clunk could be heard on bumps. Right side. Definitely suspension. Three days and no luck finding it. Finally on the last try, the suspension stopped perfectly on ramps. I grabbed the antisway bar link. It moved. :wow:
I grab a 6mm, not a 7mm like a YouTube video says, and an 18 mm offset wrench. Sure enough it turned maybe 1/2 turn. All other four connections were tight. Lesson learned, don't trust an inexperienced though good helper. An Impact doesn't work well all the time on links. Annoying that it took 1700+ miles for it start clunking a bit.

Suffered a slow leak from a drywall screw in one of my 132s. There are home construction projects all around where I live and picking up a screw or nail every now and then has become unavoidable.....

Went to patch it but my tire mounting machine went suicidal. One of the 8mm pneumatic lines broke off a nipple and every time I fixed one line, another one would burst as soon as the pressure got to 100 psi. I gave up and ordered a roll of 8mm tubing and 20 quick connect nipples to replace the cone style ones.

In the mean time, strapped the 87s on the car. These are soooo good looking and without the flare extensions there is no need for spacers in the back. The front could do with a 10mm spacer but my smallest is 15mm. So, decided to go without any spacers. (Not a fan of Bridgestone tires but the ones mounted on these 87s are pretty decent, sufficient grip and not noisy despite being a bit older) They will stay on the car until Thanksgiving when the winter tires go back on.

A few weeks ago I installed fresh front shocks, new spring pads and strut bearings. This has improved ride quality significantly. It passed the emissions inspection a few days ago. Overall it has been running well as a daily driver for the kids' college commutes.

Replacing missing trunk items. Evilbay to the rescue! :p:

had the gearbox flushed yesterday. It shifted fine except for a harsher downshift from 1 to 2 on a hot engine. That didn't change, but the oil coming out was absolutely filthy so hopefully it will prevent issues in the future.

Finally got my new headlight lenses installed..[emoji3060] They look great!!

Cracked the tab on the drivers side front clip..[emoji25] I am now looking for a replacement clip and have a paint guy on standby. [emoji28]

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Originally Posted by EODguy (Post 1225113)

Looks good. The old ones get "sand blasted"?

I’ll feel a little better in the X with a spare tire again, especially on my long drives.

I was a bit skeptical of how secure the hitch mounted swing out arms would be, but the 6 Monkeys piece I went with is super solid and doesn’t have any play in it. The company focuses on Jeeps, but 6 Monkeys added a a little length to some key dimensions to ensure clearance of the bumper and hatch. Almost no visibility issues out the back window either as the tire sits very low. I still need to splice the LED provided with the kit into the trailer hitch power, but beyond that I’m pretty happy with this setup.

Up next are brakes/rotors and a transmission service. FCP parts inbound.

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