Hey all, I'm just swapping in E46 LCAs into my E36 and I've got the center ball joint spinning as I try to tighten the nut down.
I know that BMW says you need to replace the whole arm, but is there any workaround that will work fine? Haven't been able to find anything on Google or elsewhere, I just know that my old 240sx rear ball joint was supposedly not replaceable but a Sentra front ball joint pressed in just fine. Any advice is much appreciated!
Estoril Blue II / Coral Red F30 335i || DAILY
Cosmos / Black E36 M3 || Parted Out
Hellrot E36 325i || Parted Out
S13 240sx SR20DET || R.I.P.
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Not sure of the orientation of your swap,
but can you place a jack under the center balljoint,
to prevent spinning as you attempt to tighten nut?
Place a floor jack under the center BJ. That should provide enough ‘bite’ to tighten the BJ nut.
Why do you want to replace the BJ in the E46 FLCA? Aluminum fatigues and can fail catastrophically, reusing old E46 alloy FLCAs is a bad idea, IMO (add grain of salt!!).
There is a thread about replacing the BJ in E36 M3 FLCAs. I don’t know about replacing the non-‘M’ rubber isolated outer BJ with a solid BJ. Lemforder (and Meyle) produce E30 solid inner and outer BJs. The E36 non-‘M’ isolated BJ is replaceable (both BMW and Lemforder market replacements).
http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=402063
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Last edited by bluptgm3; 06-17-2018 at 08:41 AM.
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