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Pro tip; when tapping the tie rod or ball joint, tap the spindle where the bolts go through. Just don’t hit the threads👍 keep up the vids. You’ve helped me diagnose my mini a couple times. Anything I can do feel free to reach out
Also cause I just watched. I recently did my cv axle on my r53 and if you take that lower engine mount out you can get an extension and a socket on the top side of the axle to tighten that top carrier bearing bolt
Wow that Mini looks brand new underneath. Looks like a breeze to work on. My ball joint is completely seized onto the knuckle. I've been trying to get it off for 2 days now and still no luck. Starting to think I'll need to do some 'surgery' with an angle grinder.
Just replaced my axles on my 04 mini and I’m leaking from the area where the axle shaft goes into the transmission on the driver side. Could it be a bad axle seal? Wasn’t leaking before I replaced.
Did you take out the gearbox oil? ... Only asking because I did this on an R50 Cooper and oil pissed out everywhere as I had forgot to drain the box first, oooops!! ... So is the R53 different then?
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R56 Mini Cooper S enthusiasts: facebook.com/groups/729821991242039/?ref=share
Just changed my axle. Had no prybar but had a fork. Something I didn't think of. Thank you
Pro tip; when tapping the tie rod or ball joint, tap the spindle where the bolts go through. Just don’t hit the threads👍 keep up the vids. You’ve helped me diagnose my mini a couple times. Anything I can do feel free to reach out
Also cause I just watched. I recently did my cv axle on my r53 and if you take that lower engine mount out you can get an extension and a socket on the top side of the axle to tighten that top carrier bearing bolt
Good to know 💪
A litle grease on the outboard splines keeps the splines from rusting and easier to get apart
Fantastic tutorial many thanks for taking the time to do this
Wow that Mini looks brand new underneath. Looks like a breeze to work on. My ball joint is completely seized onto the knuckle. I've been trying to get it off for 2 days now and still no luck. Starting to think I'll need to do some 'surgery' with an angle grinder.
Just replaced my axles on my 04 mini and I’m leaking from the area where the axle shaft goes into the transmission on the driver side. Could it be a bad axle seal? Wasn’t leaking before I replaced.
If my passenger side just has a small hole that created a leak. Will I have to repair the boot or replace the whole axle.
2nd gen Mini s
You can change just the boot if nothing else is damaged but changing the axle is easier
Did you take out the gearbox oil? ... Only asking because I did this on an R50 Cooper and oil pissed out everywhere as I had forgot to drain the box first, oooops!! ... So is the R53 different then?
thanks for your DIY, i'll have to change soon my passager side , one question did you drain the gearbox before ?
I didn’t, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea
@@ProjectMini then you need to do another Video for it ;)
I didn’t need to drain the gearbox
What is the mileage on your car why your drive shaft were so warn and damaged lol Great video thanks for sharing will help me doing mine.
How are you liking your r53 compared to your r56?
I haven’t driven the R53 yet, still needs a few issues fixed
I love my r50 more than my r56. R50 feels more raw, r56 is more comfy but takes away from the feeling of driving a go-kart
Good
Man that was quicker then I thought it was going to be. That passenger side was bad.
It went pretty smooth, i hope the power steering lines go smoothly too.
I got an ATI super damper for it too and that should be here tomorrow 💪