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wax-it 
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 Topic: wheel vibration on heavy braking E32Posted: 05-October-2008 at 17:08 |
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Hi Lads
I have an 1990 E32 730i with 94,000 on it, I have found that on heavy braking from speed I noticed that I had wheel vibration from motorway speeds, round town o.k steering has a bit of play, I was thinking upper and lower control arm bushes can anyone confirm this please, had a similar thing with my Granada a few years ago cost me �200 on that, so any help would be great. Many Thanks Nick |
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Posted: 07-October-2008 at 16:25 |
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My father has a '92 730i which had steering wheel play and it turned out there is a bolt on the steering rack that you can tighten. You get at it from the top - ie - from under the bonnet. Id say the vibration is because of a warped disk.
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Posted: 08-October-2008 at 00:29 |
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Hi Thanks for reply, somebody else did suggest brake disks so I think that avenue must be explored, its just with the slight play on steering and braking problem I thought maybe the bushes needed replacing, anyway keep em coming. Many thanks Nick
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Posted: 10-October-2008 at 14:03 |
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Could be both actually. First I'd replace the rotors and pads. Also make sure there is not a caliper sticking. This is because your problem seems to happen under braking. Control arm bushes will generally cause the common 50-60 shimmy. Vague steering could be steering arm ball joints. None of this is too serious to repair. JP
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