Congratulations on finding your car! I am still looking. My experience with E36s says that control arm bushings are definitely replacement items. I found that I had vibration at speed when they went bad.
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Congratulations on finding your car! I am still looking. My experience with E36s says that control arm bushings are definitely replacement items. I found that I had vibration at speed when they went bad.
Here's the specs from the alignment:
congrats
Welcome, sir. And congrats ! Looks like the alignment was done one year ago. Perhaps it's time for another one so you can have a fresh start.
Does everything in the alignment look okay though, or potentially the cause for the play in the wheel?
The alignment was a couple years ago and about 7k miles. If it were still at these numbers should the wheel be okay?
The front caster is out of spec. Not sure that is related to your issue. Hope somebody else can chime in.
You're fine. If you want, you can still straighten things up a bit, but your alignment is good.
I went searching for answers and found this http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthr...eering+coupler
It seems to be exactly what mine is doing. Now I just have to find a temp/easy fix for the headliner C pillar sag, which seems nonexistant :facepalm
Welcome to the family. As for the alignment: caster is related to how the car tracks in a straight line. Think of it like the casters on your tool box, they always trail. As for the play, somethings loose. Could be bushings, Tie Rod Ends or Ball Joints (control arms need to be replaced for ball Joint issues), rear trail arm bushings. All of these things need to be tight for an alignment to hold its accuracy.
Take a look at these specs from my alignment at BMW of Chattanooga last year.
Good luck!
http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/s...nment_0001.jpg
Congrats. Def shld not be that play in the wheel. Basically what the others said about checking out control arms, bushings, etc.