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Originally Posted by BimmerTy
Front end specialist said everything looked good. They torqued everything down correctly but front suspension is still creaking while driving. Doesn't seem to be related with going over bumps. This wasn't happening before I had the control arms replaced. Actually had no noises at all - just replaced these due to dealer recommendation after my last service. Bringing it to dealer for a free diagnostic tomorrow and will bring my SA a bottle of wine.
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BMW tech did an alignment and put it on a lift to check out the control arm work. He said it all looked good - besides an axle boot that is split and throwing grease on the suspension. Said it likely happened when Indy shop was working on the control arms.
Dealer wanted $700-$750 just to replace the boot and that's with employee pricing my SA was able to work out (bottle of wine helped out). The boot itself is cheap but it's labor intensive to take everything apart. My Indy is gonna look into replacing just the boot or replacing the entire right front axle. -would alignment be required again?
Good news is the the clunk/creaking noises are gone!
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