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Originally Posted by Polo08816
Has any come across a comprehensive bushing tool kit that 100% works for this DIY?
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I think the universal C clamp ball joint presing kit is fine if you can go get a piece of pipe that fits the diameter of the bushing you will press in and out. I happened to have some lying around that i cut a piece off. I also used it to make a diy version of the bmw tool which kind of worked to push the new one in, but not out.
Also an update in case someone ever finds themselves in the position I was in: the lip around the bearing was from pushing the guts out, which sheared the edges and gave it the uniform edge/lip look. I could not tell where the bushing began and ended because of the rust which caused me to push the middle.
In the picture you can see what I mean sorta. I used a socket and the unversal c clamp thing to push this one through. I still had to use enough force on a breaker bar that it made me feel like things were going to break.
Lastly the torque specs for most bolts youll take off can be found in the pdf here:
https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=994489
and any other ones you might remove should be here:
https://blog.fcpeuro.com/how-to-repl...arms-328i-335i