How to change a front shock strut on BMW E60 [TUTORIAL AUTODOC]

How to change a front shock strut on BMW 5 (E60) 2.5 Saloon 2003 - 2010 [TUTORIAL AUTODOC]

Shock strut on BMW 5 Touring (E61) (03.2004 - 12.2010) / BMW 1 Convertible (E88) (03.2008 - 12.2013) / BMW 3 Coupe (E92) (11.2005 - 12.2013) / BMW X1 (E84) (03.2009 - 06.2015) / BMW X3 (E83) (11.2003 - 12.2011) cars should be replaced, as a rule, according to one and the same procedure.
However, there can be slight differences due to specific features of the vehicle design.

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Attention! This video contains mistakes:
7:05 - the tightening torque is 64 Nm, not 60 Nm.
10:53 - the tightening torque is 165 Nm, not 80 Nm.
10:58 - the tightening torque is 81 Nm, not 75 Nm.
11:03 - the tightening torque is 65 Nm, not 50 Nm.
11:12 - the tightening torque is 100 Nm, not 80 Nm.
11:19 - the tightening torque is 100 Nm, not 80 Nm.
12:24 - the tightening torque is 34 Nm, not 38 Nm.
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[DODGERS-brtf]

Love the way he cleans and protects all the treads bolt and nuts that’s awesome bro if only all mechanics where like that but great job brothas

[gaborfarkas]

I know the purpose of the video is how to change the front shock strut, but did you guys just put back that old used dust protector ruber thingy, what doesnt even protect properly the new strut?:D Mine looks the same now and thinking about ordering a new dust protector (or how its called ) kit to protect my strut from dirt.

[stephenmukwevho]

Good job and very informative
When is it necessary or not to remove brake fluid resovoir cap when working around the brakes?

[maxan]

if you get tools to compress the spring when still attached, you dont have to deasamble all controll arms and rods?

[davidrsmith]

Your mechanic is not only highly skilled but meticulous to not damage any parts, bolts or nuts he removed - and protect the hardware and the wheel hub (!) with Cu grease. Impressive high quality work.

[I_Learned_a_Thing]

Is it any different for the xdrive model?

[AliArambasa]

super but for rusty strut 😂? we use car not keep in garage for video some solutions for rusty part it we'll be good

[mancave]

how long would you expect this job to take start to finish???

[robertmarley]

Is this video America? I doubt it with the time and care the engineer took to disassemble clean and reassemble.

[mariantoma]

That it was not the best way to replace the shock absorber! First of all, you need to fasten the control arms with the car on its wheels! Secondly, you do not have to disassambly so many parts for changing it... In your video list, there is one more video of the same replacing subject, and that it is the correct one! This is kind of wrong and much more work to do.

[curioussand]

An otherwise great repair job is impaired by the poor editing of the video. Prioritization was apparently at producing something sleek looking but unfortunately at the expense of leaving out very important details relevant for the job, particular around building up the suspension component, orientation, seating and order. Either it's clipped completely away and the clips that are available are so short that you have to rewind several times to see a very short glimpse of of what you need to know. Allow for more time when changing scene. It looks like the one responsible for editing didn't know anything about what's important when repairing a car.