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

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  • nickmp0wer
    Banned
    • Jul 2004
    • 1427

    #16
    what did it say?

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    • Jordan
      R3V OG
      • Oct 2003
      • 12907

      #17
      Originally posted by nickmp0wer
      what did it say?
      Nick is teh G4Y.
      Tenured Automotive Service Professional - Avid BMW Enthusiast

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      • 1991 318is
        Mod Crazy
        • Dec 2005
        • 786

        #18
        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.

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        • nickmp0wer
          Banned
          • Jul 2004
          • 1427

          #19
          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

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          • alexbaby88
            Wrencher
            • Feb 2005
            • 219

            #20
            Originally posted by nickmp0wer
            the bushing is inside the end of one of the joints. #11

            http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...80&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?

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            • Axxe
              No R3VLimiter
              • Aug 2004
              • 3355

              #21
              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.


              Keep it slideways!!

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