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RM European. Same place I ordered from but they have dropped in price.
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09-25-2023, 11:38 AM | #68 |
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crystalworks - Where is the Changeover Valve located in the engine compartment? Using the part number you shared, I looked up what it looked like, but could not find it anywhere.
On the plus side, I did find the Heater Control valves. lol. Thanks! |
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09-30-2023, 10:50 AM | #71 |
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- Replaced DS seat back map pocket. Had been broken since we bought the X and it was annoying. Also repaired loose seat back due to bracket glue becoming separated from seat. Standard BMW fare. Same issue with the plastic brackets on their door cards. Amazon Jaronx China part $46.54 Here you can see how the brackets come off. I repaired it with some Permatex Ultra Black (used this method for years on 10+ Bimmers) and will never come off again. Both the top LED section and the lower section were loose due to the issue. Looked terrible and was a pet peeve of the wife and I for awhile now. Just started looking into replacing and saw the Chinese had capitalized on BMWs poor design (again) by making an affordable replacement. While in there I ran a bead around all the non-failed brackets too so that they won't ever come off either. You can see below how the grain is slightly less deep than the OE vinyl. I took a harsh flash pic to illustrate. When in the car, and hit with some leather conditioner, it's a 95% match and no one is going to tell the difference. Most would have a hard time even if you point it out. The bracket design is reinforced compared to the factory BMW one so hopefully this one outlasts our time with the F15. See how the map pocket breaks below. Such a small connection point and any force at all seems like it would break it. I see why this is a problem across so many BMW chassis. |
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10-10-2023, 02:42 PM | #72 |
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- Replaced front grills as they have always been very rattly and loose. The plastic was so brittle and it would vibrate like crazy. Amazon special gloss black grille $54.10 BTW, the below is what it looks like when your back goes out while trying to carefully remove the front grills. I was trying to remove them and sound treat them... yeah, that didn't happen. BTW, anyone wanting to remove their front grilles, I recommend removing the bumper. The TIS and YT videos are full of sh*t. - Removed and pounded out the aluminum trim garnish on the rear bumper. Ours was dented when we got it and we added another when backing into an un-marked stopper at a Whataburger. Oops. I'm no body guy or PDR guy, but this looks 90% better than it did. $0.00 BTW, when removing that trim. There are these little white clips that aren't very clear where they go. I had x5 of them, but I think there are supposed to be 6? They just kind of fall out when removing unless you slide them out before hand. The arrows below point to where they are supposed to install. You slide them in from the middle. At least, that's where I believe they go. |
10-21-2023, 09:46 AM | #73 |
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Did you use a pry bar to get that rear valence trim out? I tried without it once and couldn’t pop the clips out underneath. I’ve been wanting to do this exact same fix since purchase lol.
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I took video but need to edit it and post it. I never seem to have time to do that after doing a repair. Side note, the F15 will be on Cars and Bids within the next few weeks. We love it, but with 6 other BMWs and needing the cash (want to payoff kids tuition) more than the X5... we're letting it go. |
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selling?!? ahhh we’re losing a good one. you’ll have to let us know where we can keep up with your car adventures.
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10/21/2023 - Wife has been complaining of sticky/gummy door pulls for a few months so ordered up a replacement set straight from Mr. Bezos. $42.99 Removing these door panels is relatively easy if you're experienced with BMW door skins. If not the door clips can be a bit harrowing given how hard you feel you have to pull. Order a decent set of panel tools and you'll be good to go. You can see the quality and color of the replacement pulls below. Given the age/degradation of the originals I don't know how good the color match is to factory fresh. But I can tell you the fit is great. TIS instructions for this (yes, the inner pull does have an OE part number) say to just clip off the plastic welding pin. I didn't do that. I used a propane torch and used it to heat up a chisel so I could melt the pin like a factory plastic weld. This worked extremely well as shown below. Doesn't look factory... you know, because I'm not a machine, but it functions great. After doing all 3 doors (the front passenger was the worst as shown above) the inner pulls look and feel factory fresh. Glad I did this in prep for selling as it's a main touch point. |
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- Got Lemon Squad inspection done on the X5 today for the Cars and Bids auction. "You're should do well with this truck." Direct quote from the inspector. Had to lend him my Foxwell NT530 though as the scanner he brought wouldn't clip into the OBD2 port for some reason. He was impressed with the Foxwell though. $199 - Replaced the 2032 battery in one of the key FOBs as it gave a low battery warning on the dash a few days ago. Of course while I was filming the video for the auction. $0 - Fixed the small rattle in the center channel speaker of the B&O system that has bothered me forever. Was especially noticeable when making an outgoing call with the dialing. Wife was not happy that all our vehicles get all the little things addressed right before they get sold. I told her that's the only time I get left alone to address all the little things. $0 |
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- Had BMW indy perform a brake fluid flush in prep for the Cars and Bids auction. $166.23 11/07/2023 - Finished submitting everything for Cars and Bids. 11/14/2023 - Auction went live! Should be a fun experience, if not a bit nerve wracking. Went with no reserve. Follow along below if you like. Would post in the FS section but I don't know how kosher that is. We'll miss it, but could use the working capital more than the 7th car ATM. Not a brag, they're all old Bimmers. Though... they are cool old Bimmers. Cars and Bids Auction |
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GLWS man. Solid ride, may even have to pick up a 35d myself someday.
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Very nice option, unfortunately splines are same length which will keep wearing out the transfer case female splines and will not help with the driveshaft pop issue. Solution is long spline shaft that will use all the length of the tcase splines and will not bind/vibrate. https://youtu.be/GaodgzcDAYo?si=Sr2hmeMLX2IeFJ-E |
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Preventative replacement of the 866 shaft with a like replacement, or one like you've had made are both solutions to the u-joint issue. The Febi one being $190 makes it a no-brainer, likely one time, maintenance item for most owners. For those who want "the best" option, your shaft is there for them. |
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Strange thing is that only ujoints closest to the tcase break 98% of the time , even though ujoints are same front and rear. When installing new shaft it slides easy the initial(worn ) area , and becomes much tighter once it enters the unused splines in the tcase. With a tiny 15-20mm of the work surface that stock shaft offers you will inevitably put wear in both shaft and tcase female splines. Over time stock shaft becomes tapered and wears the splines accordingly. This will create vibrations and major stress /excessive wear on the ujoint closest to the tcase. Attached drawing is a very rough sketch of what is taking place.
PS e53 shaft issue is unrelated to this , splines there completely strip out but these shafts dont have ujoints to transfer all the stress to, hence severe spline damage/wear PPS shaft in the picture is f15 about 42k mile shaft |
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I still have our old shaft (107500 miles). I'll have to stick a caliper on it as I'm curious. |
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Nice sale on the c5 @crystalworks. Well sold, IMO
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[QUOTE=crystalworks;30674176]Not strange really. That's the u-joint that sees the most corrosion. From the pics I've seen the yoke actually stays in the transfer case when the u-joint comes apart. I think it's a combination of the corrosion and the staked in u-joints that causes the ultimate failure. I took a video of our old vs our new shaft and the u-joints were terribly loose, in comparison. Not crunchy, but very loose. The shaft splines and diff splines looked fine. At least visibly.
No, the e53 shaft splines (and receiving splines) wear out because the AC evap line drains right onto the shaft and causes corrosion. The corrosion, in turn then wears out the splines acting like a grinding paste. Ujoint caps are made not to allow water and debris in and grease out of them. They usually have dual or triple lip seals that are not perfect but pretty good at that. The issue is the wear in the splines creates abnormal stress on the ujoint by constantly applying pressure against it. usually uj closest one to the tcase blows up and the yoke stays in the tcase. Staked process is very common and has nothing to do with the wear. Longer splines provide double the surface = less pressure = less wear. New shaft with same length splines will affect the situation minimally and for the short period of time. Splines in the tcase will keep wearing shaft splines and the ujoint. Now question arises, how the new febi ujwill handle the stress. Febi uj are likely china and made to work in the normal ujoint/shaft operation but not in the f15 set up conditions . So there is a light chance new uj will not last. Ujoint cap in my driveshaft about 6mm larger than stock , definitely much beefier that stock size. If this is from ac dripping in the shaft area then i stand corrected and have nothing else to say |
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They don’t seem to explain that too well. Appreciate your post on this! |
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