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E46 Xi Forum
The E46 XI was produced from 01-05 in sedan and touring body styles. Powered by either a 2.5L inline 6 in the 325xi or a 3.0L inline 6 330xi. Discuss all thing about BMW AWD E46 'Xi' here. |
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2001 330Xi left control arm and Powerflex bushings
Hello, I am having trouble Installing the left front Control arm on my Xi. I did the right side with no issues. I used the Xi version of the FCAB Powerflex Bushings. I oriented the eccentric in the bushing as instructed in the power flex instructions, i am using the washer included with the bushings and the brown powerflex grease....
I just can't seem to get the Lollipop aligned with the two bosses from the subframe. Is there a certain order of installing the three main connection points ? (Inner ball joint, Outer ball joint and rear control arm bushing (lolly pop). The way i did it was; 1) install the inner ball joint to the control arm 2) install inner ball joint/CA assy to subframe (leave a little loose) 3) install out ball joint to steering knuckle (leave loose) 4) swing FCAB/lolly pop up in place and tighten two bolts. It is step 4 that I'm have trouble with, the hole in the lolly pop doesn't quite line up. I reused the original lollipops. Any ideas ? Thanks, CH Last edited by celluloidheros; 11-08-2012 at 03:27 PM. |
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