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It is not necessary to remove the control arm from the steering knuckle. Simply unbolt the sway link, upper bolts, and the strut holding bottom bolt and let the wheel fall and take out the shock.
@@rony_ftw I believe you are doing something wrong if you need to remove teh control arm from the knuckle. I have done this on many e46's of varying trims and not one time did I need to do this.
@@matreyia not sure ,but I did everything, there is not much to mess up, there is like 5 bolts total and still couldnt take the strut out after wiggling it for 30 mins
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Thank you for your comment. To make it more convenient and correct to remove the shock, it is recommended to remove the steering knuckle from the ball joint. AUTODOC
I tried it your way. The control arm won't drop enough to insert the strut. I tried and tried; finally removed the mounting bolts and loosened (almost to the point of removal) the inner ball joint. It dropped just enough to insert the strut.
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Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer your question for sure, you can find this information in the technical documentation for the repair of your car.
Honestly I noticed that this video was put out years ago it has 43,000 views and only 400 people gave a thumbs up do you know why because the way you guys show this thing you have to buy a whole bunch of extra equipment that only a professional shop would have not a normal human being.
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It is not necessary to remove the control arm from the steering knuckle. Simply unbolt the sway link, upper bolts, and the strut holding bottom bolt and let the wheel fall and take out the shock.
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U kinda do, some arms cant drop down enoguh for you to take out the strut
@@rony_ftw I believe you are doing something wrong if you need to remove teh control arm from the knuckle. I have done this on many e46's of varying trims and not one time did I need to do this.
@@matreyia not sure ,but I did everything, there is not much to mess up, there is like 5 bolts total and still couldnt take the strut out after wiggling it for 30 mins
1:15 oooohhhh the typical beautiful sight of basicaly every E46 😂😂the bloody oil leak 😂
Love the part where you spray copper grease onto disc rotors! Brilliant idea for increasing longevity of the pads.
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awesome amazing video always in depth
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Thanks to show, this let me easy to understand.
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Never seen or heard of anybody removing the control arm before to replace a strut.
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To make it more convenient and correct to remove the shock, it is recommended to remove the steering knuckle from the ball joint.
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I tried it your way. The control arm won't drop enough to insert the strut. I tried and tried; finally removed the mounting bolts and loosened (almost to the point of removal) the inner ball joint. It dropped just enough to insert the strut.
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Drive socket 21 on the knuckle ..? On mine it’s 18mm
Thank you for your attention to the details.
Yes, you're right, we made a mistake in the credits, an 18mm socket was used there.
We have already changed this.
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How do you know you have the right height on the knuckle part of the job?
This height can be measured before starting work while the vehicle is still on the ground.
need to know the order of the washers go on the tophat / center bearing???
Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer your question for sure, you can find this information in the technical documentation for the repair of your car.
Honestly I noticed that this video was put out years ago it has 43,000 views and only 400 people gave a thumbs up do you know why because the way you guys show this thing you have to buy a whole bunch of extra equipment that only a professional shop would have not a normal human being.
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Torque spec on stabilizer bar link to strut is 65Nm not 45Nm?
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The value for the top mount rack stabilizer 45Nm.Best regards,Autodoc!
Oh man! There is a lot of worn out parts on this BMW 😆
What are those wheels
Wrong torque on upper mount three bolts!!!!! its 38Nm not 50Nm, thank you guys, i torque it wrong and now i demaged threads....thumb down
Yes, you're right, it will be good for us. Thank you for your consideration.
Does this go the same for an e46 m3?
Other parts are available for BMW M-series, but the replacement process is similar.
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A little fragile arm. Thats way where Audi goes,Bmw is dreaming