BMW E90 REPLACE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER STRUT INSTALL HOW TO 325i 328i 330i 335i
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Bmw e90 bilstein front struts and lemforder strut mounts replacement/install/how to. Shock absorber install.
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I’ve replaced everything on the front suspension and I was still getting a clunk noise while going over speed bumps. Changed my struts and strut mounts and it’s gone.
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VIDEO TO ME INSTALLING MY LOWERING SPRINGS!
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You didn’t even remove the brake caliper or the tie-rod. I WISH I would have watched your video first instead of obsessing over the AutoZone vid. I broke off a T-40 into the tie-rod bolt and I fucked up the star trying to get it out.
So I now have a nut I cannot loosen further nor tighten but HEY I CAN REMOVE AND INSTALL THE STRUT! 😂😂😂
Dang that sucks!!
@@TOMAHAWK813 yeah...I’m debating on what I should do next - drilling it made it worse. LOL but thanks for what you showed us dude.
@@rogerreynolds5822 You're going to have to start cutting stuff lol. Or try to get that nut out. And thanks im glad to help. But yeah you should of watched this one before the auto zone one lol
@@TOMAHAWK813 right! LOL might get my old man involved and get some sharper drill bits 😂
@@rogerreynolds5822 that or a bolt extractor to remove the star one and the tie rod i would just cut off to make it easy
I just finished changing the struts by myself without the help of my dad. It took me all day to change one but was able to do it. The next day I finished the left side in under 2 hours. I was proud of myself, didn't think I would do it without the help of my dad. Thank you
As a dad, I'm sure he enjoyed spending time with you though.
IMHO this is the best vid. Thanks for explaining everything so well.
Thanks man! Deserves more views lol
Nice job. You convinced me that I can do it myself but that I probably don't want to. Thanks
Put wheel back at normal level hight before tightening the control arms as it will twist the rubbers if done when dropped down. Needs to be at correct hight so just measure to centre of hub and jack it up as you tighten at correct measurements.
Thank you so much for this video. Saved me some time as others have mentioned. Did my front struts in my brother's driveway in about 2 hours.
My wife says a clamp looking thing is easier to identify then a strut collar. I think she has point. well done with your tutorial.
Lol talking on camera is different but thanks. Now I know what it’s really called.
Good video. I love how you still keep the strut at arms length, even with springs clamps on.
I've had a bad experience when using crappy clamps
Awesome video man just did this on my e90 exactly the same way and went perfect, thanks for uploading bro 👌👍
You are the best!!! Saved my day!
😎
Thank you for a detailed video on how to replace those man.
No problem 👍
Undoing the lower arm bolts are crucial. Cheers for the video
:)
Thank you for posting this video.
No problem! Glad to help!
Great video, very informative. will be using this to do the struts on my e92!
Thanks!
Best video on this repair thank you for it bro 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Nice job I found it very helpful. I was not sure how to do this but now I feel very confident on doing this my self thanks bud.
Im happy it helped you gain that confidence! Enjoy that wrenching:)
Awesome Video. Helped me to replace the front strutson my e90 335d in about 2 hours and that was taking my time. I did go with the struts that already had the springs on them so that helped speed things up. This video is spot on.
Glad to hear🤘🏼
Oh holy crap i did the right thing!! I just bought new front suspension and it has spring and strut. I was watching this to see how to get the top part of spring with the 3 bolts installed but it must already be there. Yeah I would say that is 70% of this job is dealing with spring compression tools.
@@jkline398 do you mind me asking what strut you used?
Great video!
I changed the struts on my wife’s 328 last week and then had to get a new front drive axle. If your drive axle is on the way out, dropping the spindle far enough to get the struts out more often than not will finish it off. Just something to keep in mind, especially if you notice an off vibration or noise after replacing the struts.
Geez, how rough was that job?
@@TOMAHAWK813 had a shop do the drive axle since it needed an alignment anyway and I was tired of messing with it.
Pretty sure this is what just happened to me. Replaced struts and now I have a knocking noise when I turn and especially in reverse which tells me CV/front drive axle. How much did that run you btw, if you don’t mind me asking?
@@wesreedbrown I want to say it was $600-$800, but it’s been awhile. I may have been able to do it myself but I didn’t have the time.
@@alvalverde7695 yeah pretty much right there with you. Already spent a day doing all struts and shocks by myself along with a few other minor things. Don’t think I could justify missing out on other priorities any more for a while so to the shop it goes on Monday.
Thanks! I used this video to help guide with replacing my struts. I had to hack mines though
Nice!
My front right strut is leaking and my local BMW shop quoted me at 1400 dollars for both front struts, glad to see it can be done at home for alot less!
It’s a very straight forward and easy job. Just take your time.
Yes i did it at home and took me 3 days
Mine too
You made this seems so simple. Now to check if I’m my brother-in-law, the mechanic of the family will let me borrow his tools and do it myself 😂😊
For those of you who had a hard time with this, I was only able to jack up the one side of my vehicle with what I had. Which was putting pressure on certain areas. I found that undoing the upper control arm bolt all the way and taking the upper arm out made this process easier.
Very helpfull thanks
Great Video bro needed just one thing I wasn’t sure on! Please for your safety brother!!! Don’t tighten spring compressor like that in the future please 🙏🏽 Air tools are fine but you should do about a half to quarter inch at a time in each side evenly until you reach your desired spot. I feel you were very lucky most of the times you hear about these bursting on people that is the number 1 culprit! Thank you for the great info and keep doing you bro!
Thank you! Yeah those spring compressors were sketchy lol
I stand corrected lol didn’t even make it to the second one I guess taking it off is fine that way sorry 😂
I’m doing mine but putting the spring back on is a pain it’s trying to angle off and I can’t get that top bolt on. So going to try use the car. Bolt the top hat on then line up the spring and use a car jack to push the spring in and hope to get the bolt fitted from above then take it off and do it up
Thank you
Np:)
Job wel done!
thanks!
5:55 , yo you're hilarious 😂😂😂
I wish I would’ve never watched autozones video. I fooled with the tie rod now I’m in a mess.
You’ve helped me out for today mate but don’t forget safety. Should never use a rattle gun on spring compressors
Yes I had a coworker once got really messed up on days off doing that, don't know specifics but he was basically disabled as far as oilfield saw and got fired for unable to perform duties of job since it was personal time injury. Can be a pretty bad deal all around
@TOMAHAWK813 does the vehicle have sports suspension/ sports package? My springs seem a little shorter from the factory but maybe I’m just not compressing them enough?
Before tightening the control arms you needed to jack the neck to compress it. Now your going to wear out the rubbers more faster on the arms.
Nice video
Thanks!
Thanks! I saved 500euros
thankyou broo 😊😊
It's best to leave the upper 3 nuts on the strut and loosen just the pinch bolt. Smack the knuckle, be careful not to damage it as it is made out of aluminum. It will drop and then you can undo the upper nuts to remove the complete strut assembly.
You’re awesome
Thanks dude, worked perfectly with your instruction. Easy as fuck!! Top geeza
Glad to hear!
Top geeza ! Yup 👍🏼 that’s right mate !! 🎯
When you first compress the springs to remove top nut off can you just leave them compressed and swap everything to your new strut? And do you only need to hand tighten the top bolt again once everythings installed onto the new strut?
correct
I got stuck trying to push the strut assembly back under the fender:( I tried and tried but can't seem to push it down and under. help please
"shove it back in" im replacing mine because the spring broke in half!!!!! im learning the shove it in part doesnt work and i have to lower it more! lol
😂
You only hand tightened the nut at the top of the strut mount before releasing the compression clamps..? I'm pretty sure this needs to be tightened properly..
Yes, sorry I tightened it with the impact wrench before installing. I forgot to mention that in the video.
I noticed his response was,, Yes, tightened it with "Impact wrench " Please,,, do Not use a Impact wrench!! Use a Torque wrench at manufacturers recommended specifications!!! Otherwise, potential damage to your new struts !!! Otherwise good video
I’m contemplating doing the front struts on my 2006 325i E90. Is it still recommended to not do the preassembled version (spring already attached)? If it is ok to replace the preassembled version, can it be installed using your method? Thks!
Yeah you can use this method. You just wouldn't have to use the spring compressor.
Hey man, I'm about to change my front struts. But my top nut is supposed to be removed with an 21mm and a 6mm Allen key at the same time. Now I see you are just using a impact gun to remove the top nut. Didn't you have any problems with not holding the Allen key? Thanks!
U should use an impact gun, if it doesnt take it out at one go, use a wrench and the 6mm on a ratchet to hold it as you open the nut with a wrench!
BUMP STOP FOAM always deteriorates.. extra play can make noises also.
Yeah they are bad
I heard that on e46, you can’t do it this way unless you have m-suspension because of the lengt of the shock. Is it the same problem on e90? I dont have m-suspension.
That im not sure
Did you find out what the clinking sound was hitting things? I have a 2015 bmw and my front right side does the same thing when I hit a bump.
Im pretty sure it was the strut mounts
would it be possible to put front and rear shock absorbers from another car on the bmw e60? What car could it work from?
Ehh I don’t think so? Try looking on fcp euro. They have good deals
Damn, I was hoping I could just refill it like my older car, looks like I need a whole assembly basically of I want to replace the front strut
Did you have any issues getting the spring to compress enough to put the new strut on ? im having that issue, idk what I’m doing wrong
Michael Montalvo you may have to get better spring compressors. It was pretty easy for me.
TOMAHAWK813 maybe, fuck I just want to drive me car again
or I may have bought the wrong struts, but they look exactly the same.. I don’t fuckin know
Michael Montalvo did you check the part numbers?
TOMAHAWK813 I got it done brotha, just needed some help from the old man haha thanks for the suggestions tho 🙏🏽
Do you recommend going OEM or is aftermarket okay? I replaced them with aftermarket dura last part from autozone but the handling doesn’t feel quite the same as it did with the oem part so I’m considering going back to oem
I would 100% get the oem parts or get the bilstein ones like I did. Get all your stuff from fcp euro and you have a lifetime warranty.
@@TOMAHAWK813 Excellent thank you!
I ordered OEM from FCP and the rides is good. Im wondering if the bilstein any better?
@@bal4cars long as you’re using OEM & not using aftermarket you’re good. I’m using bilstein & I feel the difference fersure
No torque wrenches were harmed in the making of this video.
Lol you actually use those?
How far do you hit the strut back in. Is there a positive stop?
Yes a positive stop / protruding tab .
I had to take out the tie rods the new struts wouldn't clear without taking out the tie rods
I’m wondering if I need to disconnect the tie rods … can I ask you if your car is an Xdrive ? Mine is . Also did everything go ok with that step of removing tie rods and reconnecting them ?
Did it fix the little random noises?. I have the same issue it’s annoying as hell lol.
It did but now they are back! Lol…. I think it could be my tie rods making the noise now…
Did you need an alignment after?
Of course
Do you have the sport package? I have a 2008 e90 and I got new struts and I believe I got the ones for the sprt package e90 and not the SE ones . They are the D-503 and 504 . Can I use them or I have to send them back ?
I do have the sport package.
@@TOMAHAWK813i need to replace my front right strut but i do not know the part number, it is a 2011 e90 335i with m sport package. Can you help me out
Thanks for the valuable info TOMAHAWK813!
Always here with valuable info for your german car needs lol
i had a question i have a 2011 bmw 328i the e93 i bought the shocks from auto zone and they ready to go. do i need to do anything or once i get the control arm lose and get the old shock out i can put the new one in
Are you talking about the rear shocks? If that's the case then its pretty easy. But the front shocks, you'll have to switch the springs.
@@TOMAHAWK813 I can’t use the pre loaded springs they should be the same size ?
When I am trying to tighten the nut at the top of the strut mount does it just spin and wont get tight. How do I "lock" it so it doesn't spin?
Impact wrench
@@TOMAHAWK813 just spinning and the nut doesn't go all the way down.
@@nielssonnergaard5735 impact wrench should work perfect , those machines are powerful lol
Allen key in the top to keep it from spinning, best to use an Allen and a six point 21mm hex socket with a spanner do do this properly.
@ 7:02 was waiting for the spring to fling out and go through your head. glad it didnt. just sayin..
😂😂yeah that looked sketchy
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I wanted to buy new shock absorbers but I’m not sure if I have sports suspension or not, how can I tell?
R V Go to this website. You enter in your VIN number and it tells you all the factory options that came with your specific model. Scroll through the options and it’ll tell you if you have m sports suspension or not:)
decoder.bvzine.com
@@TOMAHAWK813 so when I looked mine up it says I have M sport suspension can I still replace my shocks? Or what are the steps to replacing
@@Alex-nq8nq yeah I have m sport as well.
@@Alex-nq8nq Yes you can
@@TOMAHAWK813
nice 👍🏼 one mate !!
And never jack pushing on the caliper
How did you get those compressors off? You cut the video out
Michael Quiñones It was too much video so I had to cut a lot of it. For me it was all about trial and error. They were definitely a pain to get off.
@@TOMAHAWK813
Appreciate your transparency / honesty .
Hi, I noticed you had no location pin in the original strut top, had you removed this or did you never have one?
Not sure what location pin you’re talking about can you elaborate
Which wheels are those?! 🔥
Here lol czcams.com/video/FdrQihezHSQ/video.html
Is this the same process for a xdrive?
Im not sure. I don't think so but I also don't think it'll be that much different.
Hello , I’m about to do this job on an e90 Xdrive too - can you please tell me what extra / unique steps will be necessary for Xdrive models ? Any advice you can share will be appreciated !
U out the bellow on upside down
There should be a metal washer on top of strut you never put it back on this will cause suspension to bounce and then fail
I dont think so
annnnnnnd of course Bilstein just HAS to use its own nut on the top which is a fucking 22mm and impossible to tighten all the way down without a thin wall 22 socket..
peterdaniel66 lol
Did the clunk go away
+shane In_the six yes
Did the car ride a lot better?
@@matt.108 It did. Changed a lot.
This does not work with a new strut assembly as it will be about 2 inches taller than the old ones. You won't be able to get it back in
Worked fine for me.
8:52. You are cheating. You had the compressor hook pinched between the spring end and the top piece. When u decompress, how do you get that hook off? You skipped that part.
It was a long process. Too long to put on video. I had to mess with it and go back and forth for a while to get it off.
@@TOMAHAWK813 would you consider putting some of what you cut from this video into a 'b' roll video then posting it with some narration? If you've already done that, sorry, I haven't looked for it yet. Thank you.
@@RobThompsontheITguy unfortunately I don’t have that part of the clip anymore:(
this is the hardest part mane i been stuck on the first spring for two hours now
Came here to say this. Tried a few times eventually ran out of battery on my impact but will try again tomorrow
you are holding the nut while spinning the bolt. it should be the otherway around. you risk snapping the bolt.
huh
@@TOMAHAWK813 You need to HOLD the BOLT and BREAK the NUT.. I'm a machinist so I understood what he was saying but bolts under pressure with a nut you always do it this way. No harm yours didn't fail but in the future you should use the impact on the NUT and the wrench on the BOLT head. :D I cheat and use a lil oil on things if clearance is an issue too.. Shhh..
@@fkingbear1834
Nice 👍🏼 one ! Thanks for sharing this information / your expertise !! 🎯
I tried your method and it did not work. I had to improvise
What did you have to do different?
What did not work?
So you’re telling me I can’t get quick struts for this ? 🙃
Quick struts?
He is not, I do not believe FCP EURO sells the struts pre assembled with the springs. I believe AutoZone/Advance/NAPA Etc. may sell them.
@@TOMAHAWK813 preassembled with springs already attached, I believe. Different places & shops call them different things.
Also FCP EURO provides a lifetime warranty on most of what they sell. The quality of some quick struts is questionable (Doorman, not through my door man, talking about you here). Scotty Kilmer did a video on the potential differences between the OEM design and some quick struts he purchased. In my opinion, he sometimes provides questionable advice, however, I think his video about quick struts is worth watching. I'll give you a caviat and that is as TOMAHAWK813 kind of eluded to, in his case as in my case, the issue seems to be that top strut mounts and the bump stops have warn out even though the factory struts may not be leaking or have technically failed. At 150k, I'm willing to replace the struts on my e90. Another poster did point out that on the xi or xDrive models, the front CV joints could be warn to a point that they fail after this project is complete. In my case, I'm hearing an occasional loud pop when I pull forward or backwards with the wheels turned to the stops so I'm probably looking at doing CV axles at the same time.
@@RobThompsontheITguy I see, makes sense now.
Dizzy video
Buy a knuckle spreader tool for 10 bux. It’s safer and won’t crack your knuckle . And wow some cringeworthy moments in here but the job got done.
lol thanks
Dont get it, i had mine alot higher and didnt need to loosen anything 😂😂😂😅
You are not doing the right way in removing the Strut.. You first need to remove both the lower arms, Outer tie rod from the wheel side and support the Brake disc and wheel knuckle together on any adjustable support/fixed one and remove the strut by removing the loosened nut on top of the Guide support..you can watch Autodoc video if you wish czcams.com/video/oH9lCy2ZqkM/video.html
Im going to have to disagree with you. This is actually this easiest way to do it. To take out the tie rods and lower control arms is over kill and you dont need to add those extra steps in order to do this job lol. But if that makes you more comfortable then go ahead:)
@@TOMAHAWK813 🙂 Alright !!!
Sekhar well shit why don’t you show us the right way to do it. 🤫🤫
@@avitia38super lol
Sekhar,
Sometimes the way it says to do it by the book and the way it's easier and faster are two different things. 'Book value' will often be quoted by shops so they can make some extra money when they know these shortcuts. Thanks @TOMAHAWK813 for showing us how you did it.
I cannot understand blokes not wearing gloves.
Your misses won't want you all over her with yer dirty maulers later on 😅
I hope you had an alignment done after loosening the control arms. Never loosen control arms unless you have equipment to preform a proper alignment afterwards. It’s just asking for trouble
Always get an alignment after doing suspension.
There are no alignment points on what he loosened. No alignment needed.
@@ratchetracewerkz4102 any time you replace suspension components you do an alignment especially on a modified car. Everyone now knows not to bring you their vehicle though 😂
@@M-Powerdreamsgarage what has changed by loosening control arms with no alignment points? Do tell
@@ratchetracewerkz4102 bro the whole entire steering knuckle literally clamps to the strut 😂