Can any of you Steering guru's confirm this one???

[Tiger]

so what is the result? Was it the upper control arm bushing? I am chasing the same clunk you are.

[Ferret]

so what is the result? Was it the upper control arm bushing? I am chasing the same clunk you are.

Assuming they arrive I'll also be seeing if the powerflex bushings sort this bloody clunk out this weekend!

[e34.535i.sport]

so what is the result? Was it the upper control arm bushing? I am chasing the same clunk you are.

Well it did get rid of it for a short time but it reared it's ugly head again shortly after! It just so happens I got some POWERFLEX thrust bushes through the post today - We'll see if they get rid of it! I'm gonna try to get them in tonight but I'll be lucky with this weather... I'll keep you updated!

[e34.535i.sport]

P.S Yes I've only just got them now - the service I got was ridiculous. I was going to email for a refund if they didn't come today so it must have been fate.

[e34.535i.sport]

My resident clunk has been evicted!!! Got the first powerflex bush in and took it on a short test run before removing the steering plate on the other side... What a result no more clunk in the usual places!

I'll update once the job is done!

[Barney Paull-Edwards]

Powerflex thrust bushes? Where from and did you get the part number, could be owing you a beer or two................

[e34.535i.sport]

Powerflex thrust bushes? Where from and did you get the part number, could be owing you a beer or two................

Hehe sounds good to me! I got them from an ebay seller called Amberperformance... He sells them in full sets for the front and rear but I mailed him saying how much for just the thrust arms - £45 quid for the two. Only prob with this guy is it ended up taking a few weeks to get them... He blamed the manufacturer making him wait... He did keep in touch when I mailed him over it so that is to his credit I suppose. Part number is PFF5-601 and you obviously need two of those they don't come as a pair!

[sal_park]

Hi Guys,

Just read this thread - interesting as I've just gone through most of this myself (thrust arms, control arms, antiroll bar links, disc's & pads - see picture below).

One thing that occurs to me is that the 3 steering plate bolts need to be locktited with locktite (sp?) 270 - not seen this mentioned above so I though I'd chip in

Here's what my NS looked like the other day after it was all fitted:



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[Ferret]

Hi Guys,

Just read this thread - interesting as I've just gone through most of this myself (thrust arms, control arms, antiroll bar links, disc's & pads - see picture below).

One thing that occurs to me is that the 3 steering plate bolts need to be locktited with locktite (sp?) 270 - not seen this mentioned above so I though I'd chip in

Here's what my NS looked like the other day after it was all fitted:

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I'd be a bit careful about locktiting those bolts ... it may be that when you come to undoing them a bit down the line you'll shear them off!

[sal_park]

I'd be a bit careful about locktiting those bolts ... it may be that when you come to undoing them a bit down the line you'll shear them off!

Better than them falling off when driving at speed though ? Either way, it's what the bentley recommends and presumably what BMW did when they were new. Also I'd doubt that you would shear them, they are quite big