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So i ended up going to Lowe's and picking up a 7/8s combo wrench...7/8s is pretty much 22mm....couldn't have done it without this tool.
I had to remove the sway bar...I'm not sure but the passenger side was 10x harder than the driver side....
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I did both sides yesterday. Passenger side was harder, but I was able to get it done with a standard 22mm wrench I snagged from NAPA. It was a very tedious process, I had to turn it slightly, rotate wrench, and repeat about a million times. I did most of the loosening above through the engine bay, and found a hole above the sway bar to fit my hand and tighten it from underneath. I guess I got lucky.. Only issue I had was that I broke one of the sway link brackets, but luckily there's a guy about an hour away parting and e30 who hooked me up.
Front end feels way better.
For clarity, I did not remove the sway bar. I did remove the heat shield.
1986 325e - RIP
1987 528e - Sold
1989 325iX - Parted Out
1991 318iS - Sold
1991 325iS - Current
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I ended up using an angle grinder and cutting the ball joint stud from underneath. I was able to get it most of the way out and then the nut got stuck. There's a bunch of shit there on a 325 so I didn't want to torch.
After the stud was cut I grabbed the end with vise grips and put a wrench on the nut to finish it off.
For the right side, I cut a 7/8" gear wrench in half and used that in there. Was way easier than fighting a regular wrench or crowfoot.- Josh
1990 325is
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