Another note I forgot to add. I rented a tie rod separator and a ball joint separator (looks like a tuning fork).

Save yourself some times and use the tie rod separator on the ball joint. If you disconnect the upper control arm the knuckle will move out of the way to get the tool in there. I used the ball joint tool the first time without much issue, but the other side it just would not work. Instead the tips would just hit the wall of the knuckle. After 20 minutes of abuse and trying different angles, I tossed in the tie rod tool and it was out in a minute.

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1991 560 SEL / 185k miles
1992 750il / 17k miles - project car