How to replace Inner and Outer Tie Rod End on BMW 3-Series 1999-2005 e46 DIY 

Great video and a relief to see how simple this is compared to the whole rack replacement I feared I needed. Thanks for making this and taking the time to share

“Other side was fine.” Well yeah, once it saw what you did to the first side, it’s like “Ah hell naw! Ima cooperate then”😂

This is soothing to watch good choice of music 😆 I don’t even need mine replaced but I watched the whole thing anyway 😂

At 3:27 Before you remove the tie rod, BMW says to turn the wheel back the other way so that as little as necessary steering rack is poking out...

Thankyou for making this video, it's given me confidence to tackle the job myself! Just to note, these parts are different on the E46 M3 and I believe only supplied by Lemforder.

Great video very informative I’ll be doing this one mine soon.

Thanks. Good to see before I do it. Liked the simple just show me approach. Well done. Cheers from Down Under.

Very professional tutorial thank you

Now this was a well done video and job.

2000 BMW 323i. 80,000 miles. Original owner. Took car into local BMW “stealer” about 7 months ago for four wheel alignment. Same dealer I purchased it from. They did a good job at a relatively fair price (considering IT IS BMW). Now with only about 500 miles since then it pulls slightly to the left. After checking the obvious things (tire pressures, dragging brake, etc.) I made an appointment to have it aligned along with my third airbag recall. After three days they said car is ready. I took an Uber to them and when I arrived was told alignment couldn’t be done as tie rods were heated and frozen. I sad “your shop did the alignment 500 miles ago and no mention of any difficulty”. They hemmed and hawed and I asked for the price for inner and outer tie rods to be replaced plus fresh alignment. $800 plus cost of alignment. But they would give me a “ courtesy discount of 10%”. Crazy! If I didn’t love BMWs so much ( and my non-turbo / non-supercharged 2010 R56 N12 Mini) I would never buy one again. But I don’t think the.raping is only at BMW dealers. Probably most. After I returned home just for s & g’s I came across your video and immediately ordered the parts and a couple of special tools. I have my Mini and a 20 year old Ford F-150 so I can take my time and replace both l/r inner and outer tie rods for about $100 in parts and tools. I will find an independent shop with the proper tools for the post installation alignment. Thank you so much for making this video. Have a safe and healthy Holiday and New Year.

Thanks for the video

Really fucking funny in here trying to replace my outer tie rod.. deffo not rusted at all...

Good video. I'm not understanding how an alignment is performed. Does the technician have to remove the ball joint from the knuckle if an adjustment is needed?

Great video but you definitely don't need the ball joint separator. Just use a sledgehammer and hit it until it just drops down or cut it off with the angle grinder

How big of adjustable wrench I need for inner tie rod bolt? I see ppl use 12 /but is it 10 enough?

Question, a friend of mine just replaced his rack & pinion himself and when he brought his 2003 BMW 325i to us for an alignment we noticed his tie rods ran out of thread adjustment. We did have to recenter the rack to the steering wheel but still have tie rod adjustment issues. One mechanic is saying that it might be wrong rack & pinion. I'm thinking it might be the wrong outer or inner tie rods. Any ideas?

Very good video I have a 2005 BMW 330xi I have a problem that when I install the intec and I already took it off and put the original on it loses strength. and I feel the car slow

I just changed my e36 tierods and they now touch the rims of my wheel and grind any solutions to fix it? I got the correct size and everything.

Do the ZHP models come with a bigger steering rack? These kits’ boots don’t fit on my rack. Clam(p)s are too small too so it’s not just a rubber issue.

Replaced both tie rods and control arms on my e46. Post align, the steering has a minor but annoying dead spot at center. We inspected the components which again, are all new, and noticed it's possible the roll/turn forward the new left side tie rod, but the right is fixed. Is this correct, or could the new rod be bad?

I know this video is old but what brand impact gun do you use?

Good video but you forgot to grease the rods and ball joints inside the gaitors.

can you add the link to all the parts

What’s up my bro. I’ve gotta ask because I’m always very hesitant to jack the car without using the 4 points provided, so where did you put that jack in the center of the car? At what point did you use?

5:00 My issue is, the piece on the left will not come apart from the piece on the right. I already loosened the nut, but the left piece will not turn AT ALL.

Just bought a 325xi for $1700 And I think it needs new tie rods. The boots on both inners are split in half. Not sure how long it’s been that way

Is this procedure the same for a E36?

If only "technicians" (and I use that word loosely) would reassemble stuff like this with a little copper grease then owners of these cars would not have problems down the line with seized nuts and track rod ends.

The ranch didn’t work on my car

I like to hear what he has to say and not listen to music.