BMW X5: Wheel Bearings
REPLACING DRIVE FLANGE ON LEFT/RIGHT REAR AXLE SHAFT
Special tools required:
- 33 2 116
- 33 2 160
- 33 2 201
- 33 4 200
Remove rear wheel.
IMPORTANT: Expand turning lock sufficiently to avoid damaging thread when releasing collar nut.
Release collar nut (1), activate parking brake for this purpose.
Installation:
Replace collar nut, oil collar nut/wheel bearing contact surface only and tighten down.
No oil permitted on thread of shaft journal or collar nut.
Tightening torque.
Secure collar nut by positive peening on flat areas of output shaft.
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Fig. 107: Identifying Collar Nut
Remove brake disk.
Force drive flange with special tools 33 2 116 / 33 2 201, 33 2 160 , 33 4 200 and 5 wheel bolts out of wheel bearing.
NOTE: Rounded inside edge of special tool 33 2 160 must point to drive flange.
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Fig. 108: Identifying Special Tools (33 2 116), (33 2 201) And (33 4 200)
IMPORTANT: The wheel bearing is destroyed when the drive flange is removed and cannot be reused!
Replace wheel bearing.
Installation:
Oil drive flange lightly and attach to splines of output shaft.
Draw drive flange into wheel bearing.
After installation:
- Adjusting parking brake.
REPLACING LEFT OR RIGHT WHEEL BEARING ON REAR AXLE SHAFT
IMPORTANT: Do not damage multipole impulse ring.
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Fig. 109: Identifying Multipole Impulse Ring
Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Remove drive flange for rear axle shaft.
Release screws.
Remove wheel bearing.
Installation:
Stick in screws again / replace.
Tightening torque.
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Fig. 110: Locating Screws
Installation:
Keep contact surface (2) of wheel bearing/wheel carrier clean and free from oil and grease.
Except when replacing: Recondition tapped holes (1).
Install new wheel bearing.
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Fig. 111: Identifying Tapped Holes And Contact Surface Of Wheel Bearing/Wheel
Carrier
After installation:
- Adjusting parking brake.
READ NEXT:
Information On Replacing Shock Absorbers
Facts:
When a shock absorber is faulty on one side (leaking, noises, limit values
exceeded on the shock tester), often
both shock absorbers on the axle in question are replaced.
E32, E34, E38, E39:
Removing And Installing/Replacing Rear Left Or Right Shock Absorber
NOTE: Read and comply with Information on replacing shock
absorbers.
Version with Vertical Dynamics Management:
IMPORTANT: Handle the spring strut with care so as to avoid damaging
the control unit
SEE MORE:
Speed Limit Assistant
Principle
Speed Limit Assistant supports driving at the
speed limit. A suggested speed can be applied.
General information
When the systems in the vehicle, e.g., Speed
Limit Info, detect a change of the speed limit, this
new speed value can be applied for the following
systems:
Manual Speed Limite
Springs With Suspension
MEASURING RIDE-LEVEL HEIGHT OF VEHICLE
Necessary preliminary tasks:
Move vehicle into normal position.
Determine actual ride height (A) - to do so, attach tape measure to rim
flange (2) at bottom middle and measure
to lower edge of wheel arch (1).
Fig. 123: Identifying Ride Height (A)
REMOVING
