It's almost impossible to get the bearing ou of the carrier w/o wrecking the rubber. You have to press the bearing assy out of the bearing carrier and replace that component. But, and this is for Matt, you've already done that. So in regards to alignment issue. I checked, and there is no spec for preload, so just get it as straight as you can and you should be fine.

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Jeff L
1987 300e
1989 300e
1987 BMW 325