AndyEll Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 First make some ramps from concrete blocks and wood Get yourself a 16mm socket and a decent jack.Then remove the shield under the car. There are 8 bolts holding it on.You also need to undo some screws that attach plastic covers to the shield towards the front and back of the shield.Once all these are undone the shield will come off by pushing it forward and then lowering it down.easy. 16mm socket for the bushing bolts. A large flat head screw driver helps by pushing in to the gap between lollipop and body and turning.This should pry the bush housing from the car body. The whole wheel,hub,suspension now moves as the bush is removed.As seen by the position of the wheel in the arch. Next get the puller on.Its not straight forward and theres not much room but I got a 2 leg puller on. First effort got it off some of the way but repositioned it to get another go and she came off no problem. Old and new.Alot of movement in the old ones. Putting new bushes on to arms is a case of making sure you are putting them on the right way by visually lining them up and checking they are the right way round,then lubricating with some hand soap or washing up liquid(on inside of the bush and arm of suspension.) I then pushed the bush on as much as I could manually,then used a length of 3x2 timber,about 30 cm long, and a hammer.(this avoids damaging the end of the bush.)2 hits with the hammer and they were on.I checked the position of the arm in the old bush before I removed them. This is where the jack comes in handy.There is a cross member that the shield bolts onto just behind the steering rack.Use that as a jack point and raise the car a bit to take the pressure off the wheels so you can move them and the whole hub,suspension setup to get the new bushes into place,and get the bolts back in and tightened. Get right in under the car to find the holes for the bolts that hold the shield in place.They are angled funny.You,ll see. Good Luck Last edited by fudruddy1; 06-08-2012 at 17:51. Edd83 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjn Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Have you just pinched this from the Bimmerforums? As the posted images don't show, and they're hosted on BimmerForums. DJ Syxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daza-b Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) I did this to my car the other day including wishbones, much much easier using a trolley jack and axle stands with the wheels off, i did the pair in under an hr Edited January 14, 2013 by daza-b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyEll Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Its mine off bimmerforums,was reading a thread on it and thought id post it so people don,t have to ask so many questions. you live and learn daza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daza-b Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 lol sure do mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_ Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 any chance of reposting with pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjn Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 any chance of reposting with pictures? If you're looking for a DIY with pictures, there is one on E46fanatics or bimmerforums, but its pretty easy to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_ Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks mate, although you'd be surprised how difficult I can find things! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezer Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I got my bushes off using a standard G clamp. It's only a rubber-on-metal interference fit. It's not that tight & doesn't need much to get it off. I put Meyle HD bushes on which wouldn't go on quite so easy, so I wrapped a loose nylon strap around the arm & the bush, then twisted the strap with a ratchet extension bar so that it pulled the bush onto the end of the arm as it got tighter. All in all, I got them both changed in about 30mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjn Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Actually, the DIY is on this site, complete with pictures. Rob_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
