Quote Originally Posted by leicesterboy15
Nice one! Did you buy the parts from a dealer? Is it worth spending the extra on BMW parts for this? The rods look pretty simple to me, theres about £120 difference between BMW and GSF, thats a big difference for something that looks relatively simple. What do you think?

Any tips on the ball joints? Do you need the scissor type ball joint remover or do you just undo the bolts? Can you do the job with the wheels on (ie ramps) or does it have to be on stands? I got my lower and upper arms done but the steering wheel is off centre and the 50mph wobble is still there (only now its at 60mph and you can drive out of it) but at least the suspension no longer clatters over bumps! I went to get the alignment done and they told me the adjusters were to rusty so I need to replace them before I can get it aligned. Hopefully that will fix my wheel wobble! HOPEFULLY!
I bought themfrom a place called eurocarparts in manchester as i'm on a tight budjet at the moment!!! You can get varying quality parts there i.e lemforder etc (they on the internet too), and i've found them to be great for me so far. My steering feels a lot better since (i got it aligned straight after!), so hopefully yours will too!

I used the scissor type again for the ball joints, made short work of them. If i'm honest though i bet you could have knocked mine out with a 2lb hammer as they weren't in too tight. Its a very simple job, i just jacked one side up and put a stand under, the took the two nuts off the ball joints and got the seperator on them. then measure up the new one tothe old one (tighten up the adjuster nuts) and then torque up the ball joint nuts. Done! Move on to the next side.

Let me know how it goes if you haven't done it already!!!!