Perfect, thank you. They're on the way to me. Now just got to find where I put my 36mm socket 

Thanks for the reply.
I've owned the x5 for 3 months now, looking through the history I can't see any for cv joints but I suspect you're right. The car has just ticked over to 144k.
I'm just working out if I can afford to have it done or do it myself

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