It's possible that when they are jacked up and the steering is turned, the springs have low enough tension to twist out of position. Only a guess on my part.Quote:
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It's possible that when they are jacked up and the steering is turned, the springs have low enough tension to twist out of position. Only a guess on my part.Quote:
Originally Posted by stephenkirsh
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Here is link for 325Ci (suspension is the same, 325 is selected from my bookmarks, was lazy to change) from TIS and they are only mentioning upper end of coil and alignment to stop of spring pad. I'm also positive that only upper end must be resting on stop of pad and not the lower. So, stephenkirsh's spring is OK.
http://workshop-manuals.com/bmw/3_se...ber/page_1487/
Anyone ever get a tin sound when turning right and right after releasing the e-brake? It sounds like maybe the e-brake is slightly loose and rubbing when turning (a tin sound that has the wom wom wom sound...rubbing in a turn).
That's a new one on me and I feel like I've experience a large catalog of sounds/common failures on my car
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I lost a rivet when attaching the 'heat shield' back to my car body. I can't find what this rivet is. Anyone know? I'm attaching the overall view for reference and a zoomed in view. It's the one with the hole. :)
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I think I lost that one too haha. I just gave up on it tbh,Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Technically I lost the one that went to the firewall, but I used the 1 left for that. So, now I've got this one. Hopefully someone knows, I hate not having everything in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliben
Fairly certain it's either 51718204904 or 51718215962.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnrando
Thanks! Hard to tell which. I'll roll the dice and get one of each since it's under $4.00 total.
My blower motor went when my car was in the shop 2 weeks ago. I had it replaced with a scrap yard unit immediately as I needed heat for an imminent road trip. I found out new X3 units (which are interchangeable) are $100. I paid $80 for the used one and I can return it within 2 weeks. What do? I've seen DIY time estimates go up to 6 hours but my tech took 40 minutes to do it...