Reply With QuoteA three-legged gear puller does the business too...
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Removing rear shocks made easy
Thanks to a fellow E34 owner (Marc L.), he gave me a great trick to pop the rear shock out of the axle.
You need a massive round piece of solid bar stock. You place it against the lip of the shock (I will take pics later) on the caliper side of the shock.
Then with a 5lb hammer, you hammer it a couple of times and scream with joy as the rear shock comes out...
This was the easiest way of doing it. It usually takes me 20 min to pull it out, this time it took less than 3...
'85 Euro 635csi Race Turbo, megasquirt, Group A
'92 525i Touring 5 speed, 3.46 diff, UUC 8.5lb flywheel, soon to be turbo.
'02 Subaru WRX Wagon with STI springs, bigger sway bars
Grand Master
A three-legged gear puller does the business too...
1995 XJR: 4.0L S/charged straight 6 Auto
What... It's not broken??? I can still fix it
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And of course Bruno,everybody has 6` of 2" bar stock in the shed! Gorilla factor will remove anything on an E34...........
4 Grand Master
I really don't get it... It seems like for all you guys... the rear strut is rusted into the axle... When I changed mine, I just slip it out with my hand.... no hammer, no swearing, nothing... just 1 second and it pops out. Both side of rear strut is simple 1 second.
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Snow + salt = rust... lot's of it...Originally Posted by Tiger
'85 Euro 635csi Race Turbo, megasquirt, Group A
'92 525i Touring 5 speed, 3.46 diff, UUC 8.5lb flywheel, soon to be turbo.
'02 Subaru WRX Wagon with STI springs, bigger sway bars
Major Contributor
I'm with you, Tiger. Just did my rear shock mounts with no difficulty. Glad I didn't read this first!
2 Grand Master
10/90 Build 525im, 630,000+km, Eibach/Sachs, Engine Rebuild
*RIP Oskar the DOG*
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this link apparently does not work any more from whit
http://www.statch.com/users/wlowel/e34suspension.pdf
Grand Master
ditto, mine came out by hand as well.
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