Getting better feeling steering, and eliminating the clunk noise in the joints!

[nickmp0wer]

what did it say?

[Jordan]

what did it say?

Nick is teh G4Y.

[1991 318is]

Question!

Still wondering about that big nut on a 1991 318is column. It's between the pedals. Mine was real loose and flopping a bit. I tightened it up. Should it be loose enough to let the column collapse. Any info from BMW on this. IS THERE A TORQUE SPEC? If they don't want us to take a rack out of a wreck surely they would have made a non-tinker collapsible steering column.

[nickmp0wer]

i dont think there is a tourque spec. If yours was really loose then it probably should have been tightened. After loosening mine, i tightened it back down with my bare hands as tight as i could get it, and it moved in and out just as easlily as when it was really loose

[alexbaby88]

the bushing is inside the end of one of the joints. #11

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=AF93&mospid=47305&btnr=32_0480&hg=32&fg=30

but i dont see why you wouldnt just take out the guibo, especailly since you have an airbag car and can just bolt the 2 sections together

There doesnt seem to be a prt number listed for #11?

Is this all thats required to stop the steering rattling over uneven / bumpy roads?

[Axxe]

My steering linkages didn't come with a Donut.

All the linkages are made of aluminum so they bend/break out of the way in an accident. The rubber donut serves no purpose for crash safety.