bmw x5 e53 service manual 2018 bentley publishers

Bmw X5 E53 Service 2018 Bentley Publishers Professional Or A

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Ive never found it to be a silver bullet for stuck ball joints, but I pressed it into service.

It was in unbelievably nice condition for its 270,000 miles, but had a bad right front lower control arm.

The goal of the purchase was ostensibly to have a vehicle I could use to both tow and haul stuff, while also being something that I would actually enjoy owning and driving every day (e.g., not another Suburban that would occupy half my driveway until the handful of times I needed to use it).

Actually, belay that; Task One was that, when I drove the car home and pulled it into the driveway, I absentmindedly rolled the drivers-side window all the way down to say something to Maire Anne, forgetting that even though the window worked, it was a little wonky.

It was 40 degrees out, the sun was going down, and I had no choice but to pull the door panel off.

Fortunately, the window just needed a little help getting back up.

At some point, Ill properly address it and the two rear regulators that are completely broken.

It was when I drove it home on the highway, though, that I fully realized how bad it was: Anything but egg-on-the-brake-pedal braking caused the car to shudder violently and pull so strongly to the right that I wondered if the car also had a seized front caliper or a plugged flexible brake hose.

The seller had bought new pads and rotors for the front and rear, indicating that someone thought there were braking issues, but for some reason he had installed only the pads.

I thought that Id get the car in the garage, replace the control arm, and while the nose was airborne, get the new rotors on and inspect the calipers.

The forecast for the next day was an almost balmy 40 degrees.

I waited.

As I do with any jacked-up repair, I double-jacked the car by jacking it up, setting it on jack stands, and then leaving the floor jack in place for safety.

Everyone tells you to never work under a car supported only by a jack, but Im telling you also to never work on it if it is supported only by stands.

An 18-mm16-mm nut and bolt hold the bushing in the frame; simply undo them and draw the bolt out.

The tapered ball-joint shaft is held to the bottom of the steering knuckle with a 22-mm nut.

The head of the shaft has an Allen key hole in it allowing you to hold it still while you turn the nut with a wrench, but this is one of those repairs that is tailor-made for an impact wrench, as itll simply spin the nut off without you needing to hold the shaft.

When I did the LCAs on the E39 a few months back, I found that the ball jointtie-rod separators I had for the vintage cars didnt have quite enough reach, so I bought one that was recommended on one of the E39 forums.

I thus expected that I was prepared for the job on the X5.

It had the reach, but it wouldnt yawn open wide enough to press down on the top of the shaft.

The tools they had for rental were identical to the ones I had.

An OReilly Auto Parts had different loaner tools, but none had both the reach and the opening I needed.

Thats the sort of thing I used to do 30 years ago, before I learned to use proper pullers.

Plus, years back, I once swung at a pickle fork with a hammer, missed, and nearly broke my wrist.

Bmw X5 E53 Service Manual 2018 Bentley Publishers