Rear axle rebuild/replacement?

[texaslonghorn]

I'm needing to repack the grease on cv axles after leaking onto thr ground when I removed the diff. Any idea how to remove the boots for the outer and inner joints?

[Bry5on]

Your mileage may vary, but I did those inner CVs and thought the car was wonderfully tight for about 3k miles. 20k miles later and it feels pretty similar to how it did before I did the inner CVs.

My car is a daily, but those didn't solve it for me. Play is definitely in the CVs or splines after several inspections. Freshly built diff, driveshaft CV (no play at all), center carrier and guibo otherwise.

[OldRanger]

According to some internet sources, BMW started manufacturing these axles again in 2024 and they are becoming available in the market again.

I’ve seen them on EBay from UK suppliers, and in the US at Bimmerworld. At BW, at the time of this post they will run you $932 or $949 depending on which side

[texaslonghorn]

Yes it seems BMW started manufacturing again, i purchased mine via eBay in some dealer in the UK, got them for about $1,500 shipped to Texas. I kept my old ones and when i get some free time, i'll figure out to rebuild both the inner and outer boots since BMW sold both inner and outer rebuild kits.

[OldRanger]

I kept my old ones and when i get some free time, i'll figure out to rebuild both the inner and outer boots since BMW sold both inner and outer rebuild kits.

Good idea! Maybe if we’re lucky, someone will start making the CV joints.

Remember to mark them Left and Right!