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

[AngryPopTart]

It'll be a sad day when I do let her go... (the missus or the 5????!!!!! LOL!)

Well, I love her,
But I love my Five,
I spend all day out in the garage,
To keep that six alive,
But today she met me at the door,
Said I would have to choose,
If I touch that '89 today,
She'd be packin' all her things,
And she'd be gone by noon,

......

Well, I'M GONNA MISS HER!

[Allen]

I would have to double check my Bently manual to see what spec is but I would think around 70nm/51lbft would be about right. That would certainly be tight enought to keep it from moving around.

[e34.535i.sport]

I would have to double check my Bently manual to see what spec is but I would think around 70nm/51lbft would be about right. That would certainly be tight enought to keep it from moving around.

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's right too, but may tighten them up a touch just incase.

[Barney Paull-Edwards]

Obviously this is not just our problem....I too have tried everything possible which is why I said "live with it",my best guess was strut top mounts but they made no difference,somebody suggeted that the register on the strut body was loose on the body below the retainer,no luck there either,but it MAY be the distance/length of the shock top with no thread is longer that the strut top mount so needing a spacer BELOW the mount, thats my next move when I get the motivation.....

[e34.535i.sport]

Obviously this is not just our problem....I too have tried everything possible which is why I said "live with it",my best guess was strut top mounts but they made no difference,somebody suggeted that the register on the strut body was loose on the body below the retainer,no luck there either,but it MAY be the distance/length of the shock top with no thread is longer that the strut top mount so needing a spacer BELOW the mount, thats my next move when I get the motivation.....

For me it's only on one side so I guess it's not a part 'fitting' fault... My next move is powerflex thrust arm bushes... I reckon they're the end of my noise for good... Well i hope!

[genphreak]

For me it's only on one side so I guess it's not a part 'fitting' fault... My next move is powerflex thrust arm bushes... I reckon they're the end of my noise for good... Well i hope!

I've 3 e34s and 3 e28s myself. None of them did this once the bushings were replaced with poly bushings (which you can see deteriorating) or unbroken good ones. Top strut mount would show signs of failure before making noise... Good luck! Change the bushings and you should be done...

[e34.535i.sport]

Still chasing it... got the clunk still and I've investigated further by removing the anti-roll bar and driving a lttle without it (only in out close!). Noise was still there so it;s not anti-roll bar related!

I also have an 80mph shimmy and if I try to brake out of it it gets angry! Classic thrust arm bush I reckon... I'm going for the Powerflex bushes!!!!

[Ferret]

Still chasing it... got the clunk still and I've investigated further by removing the anti-roll bar and driving a lttle without it (only in out close!). Noise was still there so it;s not anti-roll bar related!

I also have an 80mph shimmy and if I try to brake out of it it gets angry! Classic thrust arm bush I reckon... I'm going for the Powerflex bushes!!!!

Hah, I'll be doing the poweflex bushings shortly, my thrust arms are sliding up and down on the current poly bushings! Getting really annoying when you drop the anchors hard on the M4 because some tit's just cut you off doing 40mph less than you, and the arms shift and you go veering off to one side Kinda dangerous, but kinda fun in that 'you never know when you're gonna die' way.

Now if I could only get the other cars to veer out of my way I'd be happy...

[genphreak]

That's all the symptoms you need. Its just bushings. Once the upper arms are off, (be very careful not to damage the rubber boots, yank the lower arms around and see if the lower ones have worrisome play. If they do, you'd best do them too.

I tend to just replace the arms and the bushes- to be sure I have good boots, good bushes and don't have to do it again...

[e34.535i.sport]

That's all the symptoms you need. Its just bushings. Once the upper arms are off, (be very careful not to damage the rubber boots, yank the lower arms around and see if the lower ones have worrisome play. If they do, you'd best do them too.

I tend to just replace the arms and the bushes- to be sure I have good boots, good bushes and don't have to do it again...

Ha, I won't be doing it again for a while I can tell you that! The suspension had it's attention quota - about ten yrs worth... and I haven't even had it 2 yrs!

I replaced the lowers with the uppers... so they should be sound. I'm not going to remove the balljoint end... I plan to take the plate with the lower/upper arms still in it into work, I have access to a press. It's not designed for car work, but it should get the old bushes out.

POWERFLEX bushes are on route!!! WOO!!! £45 quid but worth every penny if they shut up that clunk and stop the annoying shimmy! I'm going to keep resurrecting this thread until these symptoms are dead and buried!