Reply With QuoteIn addition to lookin at suspension components, I always say check the tire pressure and possibility of a bent rim. My Conti ExtremeContacts shimmy with low psi
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Tire wear and the "shimmy"
I have contisports that are due for a change and I'm experiencing the famous shimmy at 50-60, i have hubcentric rings, I just recently put the style 5s back on and havent driven the car much so im pretty sure the wheels didnt go out of balance over the winter (there was no shimmy w/ the stockers) and the control arms have about 40k on them. shocks and mounts (recently replaced) are fine. Have i effectively narrowed it down, or have i overlooked something?
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In addition to lookin at suspension components, I always say check the tire pressure and possibility of a bent rim. My Conti ExtremeContacts shimmy with low psi
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When i put them on I checked the pressure
Filled them to 38 psi, I was wondering if the wear strips could be the problem
4 Grand Master
Is it possible one of your stick-on wheel weight fallen off?
Green Beret Special Ops
dirt on the back of the rim? happens to me ALL the time.
95 E34 530I V2.37
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Putting larger rims on seems to magnify a problem you wouldn't normally feel riding on the stockers... It just shows how sensitive the E34 suspension is!
Bryan
94 540iA w/ EAT
97 740iL (SOLD!)
99 Discovery II
3 Grand Master
Depending on how old the thrust arm bushings are, I can see how lifting the front of the car to swap wheels could cause a worn bushing to finally go. I think this has even happened to Jon K.
Best, whit
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Yah,
Lift the car and the bushings twist to the extreme and barf their fluid. Use M5 bushings, you won't regret it - stiffest of the lot.Originally Posted by lowell
Anthony
Last edited by Anthony (M5 in Calgary); 05-12-2005 at 04:44 PM.
Anthony
03/64 production
'91M5 - 11/90, was mine, it's Jim's now.
5-10 Grand Master
Nah not me, i replaced my arms and bushings because they just failed...
Big, Big Time Poster
other suspension components... tie rods, links, sway bars...
another could be warped rotors...
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