Steeringwheel shakes Left to Right
Well the "Bimmer from the Black Lagoon" is coming along. The wife got it registered and I drained all the old gas and added new. It smells and runs much better now. We took it out for it's first run in 5 years of dormancy and it pulls along nicely with the transmission shifting nice & solid. Normal braking is ok, but then again there was a little surface rust on the rotors which is about 98% gone. Hard braking on the other hand is not too good. It will stop fine but the steering wheel shakes real bad back & forth. I climbed under there to have a look and eveything looks solid. During normal braking there is also a hint of shaking.
The only weird thing I found was there was some deteriorated foam type bushing in the lower plate of the strut. I also feel like one strut is shot as that side (passenger) bounces a lot when I hit a bump. Not sure if this is related but I figured I post about it.
Go easy on me as I am not sure of what all the components are down there and I may ask more questions. I do not have a Bentley manual yet and can only refer to whatever pictures I can find in Bavarian parts catalog.
Speaking of catalogs, are they the only supplier of BMW parts?
Vince
1952 MG TD
1963 MGB
1967 MGB GT Special
1974 MGB Roadster
1991 Ford Ranger
1997 BMW 528I
2000 Harley Davidson Softail
2004 Ford Expedition