What an epic. Took me about 3 hours to lower the subframe another three hours to get the last two hidden bolts out, than about 3 hours to put the whole thing back together again . But it is done, new poly bushing and all new ball joints.
I ended up pushing the subframe down as low as I comfortably could, then I could get a box wrench. The box wrench had to have an angled head. The nut seems like it is torqued to about 150 ftlbs so I still needed about 30 inches of pipe to break it loose. Than the arduous task of turning it about 1/8 turn, move the wrench and pipe, repeat. It finally came out
Everything went back together again without too much issue
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What an epic battle 5 hours wrestling with those Last two bolts, but I finally got them I pressed out the old bushings and pressed in the new poly bushings. All I have to do know is put everything back together
But there will be a whole new front end , struts, struts bearings, bushings, ball joints and brakes. Hopefully a long time before I need to get back here-
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You may be able to lower it some. See if this helps.
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How close are to coming out? Are they close enough that you can pry down on the sub frame to fifths getting them out?
I have replaced them on my R53 but have not had to do this on ether of our Gen2 Minis. It looks a lot like the same set up as on a BMW 318ti -
wmwny Well-Known Member
Welcome to M/A!
Don't fret...there are a lot of Gen 2 people here but they must be Christmas shopping tonight. That said, help WILL appear...of that I am sure because we have a lot of members here who have done extensive work on their MINIs [unfortunately, though, I am not one of them and besides, I have Gen 1 MINIs].
Good luck and welcome again!