In this video, Bentley Publishers technical editor Nick Czerula and Len Anderson from Concord Motorsport illustarte how to replace a rear ball joint on a 199…
In this video, Bentley Publishers technical editor Nick Czerula and Len Anderson from Concord Motorsport illustarte how to replace a rear ball joint on a 199…
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If you don’t have the BMW tool you can get away with a typical C-clamp style ball joint press, it requires considerably more care and really a second set of hands to keep everything lined up during the impact gun pressing phase. Also, be very careful with the vice grips holding things in place, they let go when I was doing this and mangled the rubber on the new ball Joint in the process, which subsequently ended up failing very quickly. It could also mangle a misplaced finger.
thanks for the video
I have all the bentley manuals (set) but video is the best.. Thanks Bentley.
Great Video. I’m going to have to do this soon 🙂
my e46 330cd has just failed its MOT on the rear rose bush joint its the upper one, is this the same????
my e46 330cd has just failed its MOT on the rear rose bush joint its the upper one, is this the same????
Nice video quality !
Would love to see alternate methods for removal and installation without BMW special tool. Seems to me that anyone who has the BMW special tool would already know how to use it. I’m just sayin’ …
Vicegrips clamped on machine spot face on lower arm……..please bin vicegrips from your workshop. I have commented on your other video too, please realise Im not an internet troll, but all Im saying is, theres a time and place for a vicegrips, and this is not one of those times, especially clamped on a forged alloy spotface, If it throws up a burr there, your initial preload force on long bolt will be inaccurate, and it will loosen.