This is wierd....20 MPH shimmy?

[BigKriss]

Yours looked really stuffed, they are broken. They are called the rear pitman arms or the dogbones. I did mine about 1 year ago.

http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showthr...light=dogbones
I didn't get the lemforder one, I think the brand was meyle. The lemforder one s give you new hardware like bolts and washers also, they are a bit more expensive.

Shogun gave me this link a while ago,

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/51276

it tells you what to do. Its about a 30min job per side. If you can't get to it with the car level on the ground, reverse it onto some car ramps (the rear wheels on the car ramps). They are a simple remove and bolt-on item.

You can see the old to new ones here;

I think I'm starting to see the cause of my problem. Below is a pic of the RH outside rear control arm bushing. As you can see it's stuffed. After reading thread upon thread about rear in work in the search section my suspicions are justified (I think). The ruined tyres are the symptoms of these and other bushes dying and not the 'cause' of the problem. Many a board member has done this work themselves. I may give it a go. Now I just have to log into BMA...

[wingman]

I knew you'd come through for me brother. How much did you end up paying for shipment on the dogbones? And does the stealer really want $186 each???

[BigKriss]

Yeah the prices would be right when I emailed them or rang them. I always ring up BMW and then check the BMA prices. I don't know how much shipping was, I bought a few other items also and it was all shipped together. Patrick should be able to quote you though. GST and duty is now applied for goods over aus$1000, untill november it was aus$250.

[Toeks]

I'd say your front dampers (shocks) are baked. I had the same thing when one of my Konis barfed its lifeblood. Every little sharp bump would shake the car and steering wheel but the car never had that floaty effect you see on others with lower spring rates when their shocks fail.

Took it too a suspension shop and they confirmed, shocks are worn and bushings need replacing. I want to keep the feel of the stock e34, comfortable ride. So I'm not gonna put in koni's etc. If I lower the springs, what kind of effect will it have? And as far as bushings are concerned, just OE replacements?