Rear Pitman Arms. Easy job?? - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

GoneAgain · 9th August 2006, 18:09

Evening all,

Just failed my Controle Technique(MOT) on rear pitman arms (No 6).

How easy are they to change? can i do it in my dingy undergroud carpark fairly easily?

Looks like unbolt old ones & bolt on the new ones.

Any tips?

Cheers lads.

Geach · 9th August 2006, 20:51

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Originally Posted by GoneAgain

Evening all,

Just failed my Controle Technique(MOT) on rear pitman arms (No 6).

How easy are they to change? can i do it in my dingy undergroud carpark fairly easily?

Looks like unbolt old ones & bolt on the new ones.

Any tips?

Cheers lads.

Yes thats about it! un bolt and bolt on new,no probs at all! Good luck
(the bolts can be bloody tight sometimes)

SezaGeoff · 10th August 2006, 14:50

It needs to be done when the wheels are in normal position, so don't jack it up. You need to do it on a hoist that raises the car by the wheels, not on a two- or four-post hoist. I hope you are skinny

Otherwise, it is just undo and bolt up the new ones.

GoneAgain · 10th August 2006, 15:11

Cheers lads.

SG, that was my next question. Thanks, guess I'll have to find a handy kerb, when it stops raining!

T

cchase009 · 10th August 2006, 15:36

Or yo can jak the whole car, change the parts, lower and torque with a long torque bar.

I did it this way earlier this year and I am not skinny.

You will find the right side a little trickier than the left so be prepared.

C. Chase

yewcorner · 10th August 2006, 16:03

Also, you need to lock the top nut (which I didn't do which added a further 10 minutes to the job) with a spanner/socket.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cchase009

Or yo can jak the whole car, change the parts, lower and torque with a long torque bar.

I did it this way earlier this year and I am not skinny.

You will find the right side a little trickier than the left so be prepared.

C. Chase