Home made steering ball-joint tool.

[Sweaty Sock]

Just bodged this together with a grinder and a 13/16" plug socket to allow me to get a torque wrench on the nut and still hold the inside torx/allen key to tighten it.

 

[Paul Young]

I have one somewhere in the garage that looks like the twin brother to yours...

 

[Uncle-Fester]

Good job, great bit of heath robinson engineering
I take it there is a "special" BMW tool to do the job that is either prohibitively expensive or like hens teeth?

 

[Sweaty Sock]

I have one somewhere in the garage that looks like the twin brother to yours...

Spooky! Never seen in the same room as each other...

 

[Sweaty Sock]

Good job, great bit of heath robinson engineering
I take it there is a "special" BMW tool to do the job that is either prohibitively expensive or like hens teeth?

Special and Expensive!. Better off looking for hen's teeth... or making your own

Thank you gents.

 

[west coast traveller]

Nice one! Just finished a front end restoration today, fortunately I managed to "pinch" the taper into the telelever with enough grip to torque it up with just a socket. Could do with one of yours for the nut on top of the shock absorber!

 

[warmshed]

Similar to the one needed for the driveshaft needle bearings. I used a deep impact socket.