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In regards to your vibration issues, there's a test you can do to see if the wheels are seated properly against the hub.
1. jack up any corner of the car as though your going to change the tire...doesn't matter which you choose.
2. remove the bolts from that wheel.
3. as you remove the bolts, the wheel should NOT move at all. The wheel should be suspended against the hub on the center bore of the wheel. Rust/corrosion should no be what's holding it on.
4. if the wheel falls as soon as you start to remove the bolts, you know it's not seating properly and will cause the vibrations as the wheel rotates and shifts it's weight around the hub. Excessive torque does not help seat it any better.
Hope this helps.If it's got tits or tires, it's gonna cost ya!
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I got a new driver's seat belt and receptacle. The old one doesn't retract which is annoying and it's a little bit frayed. Experts say seat belts should be replaced after 10-15 years so it doesn't hurt to replace it at 29 anyways. They say they should be replaced after an accident too, so it wouldn't be a good idea to get a used one from a wrecked car. The passenger seat belts seem to be in good shape. It wouldn't hurt to replace them too, but new ones are very expensive. $300 for just the driver's seat. It would be nice if the red ones were still available.
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Originally posted by Andrew325is View PostYeah, I found those on eBay searching online with the Bosch part numbers. The seller has a whole bunch of NOS Bosch parts. Both are no longer in production as you probably know. The ICVs left are whatever BMW still has in their warehouses.
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Yeah, I don't know if Bosch would be willing to run a production of those parts again. The minimum order quantity is probably pretty large. At some point it won't be realistic to keep running these old engines using original parts so maybe it's best to convert. Every now and then of course BMW does a run of NLA parts, maybe it's when they get cars into their Classic centre for restoration and a car needs something so they order a run of them. Just a theory.
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Originally posted by Andrew325is View PostYeah, I don't know if Bosch would be willing to run a production of those parts again. The minimum order quantity is probably pretty large. At some point it won't be realistic to keep running these old engines using original parts so maybe it's best to convert. Every now and then of course BMW does a run of NLA parts, maybe it's when they get cars into their Classic centre for restoration and a car needs something so they order a run of them. Just a theory.
I like what you're doing here. The headlights I'm interested in are those ones you referenced way at the beginning of the thread. They looked super cool and I'd love to see them on an E30.
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Originally posted by Stanley Rockafella View PostIn regards to your vibration issues, there's a test you can do to see if the wheels are seated properly against the hub.
1. jack up any corner of the car as though your going to change the tire...doesn't matter which you choose.
2. remove the bolts from that wheel.
3. as you remove the bolts, the wheel should NOT move at all. The wheel should be suspended against the hub on the center bore of the wheel. Rust/corrosion should no be what's holding it on.
4. if the wheel falls as soon as you start to remove the bolts, you know it's not seating properly and will cause the vibrations as the wheel rotates and shifts it's weight around the hub. Excessive torque does not help seat it any better.
Hope this helps.
It doesn't say so but you'd want to wear a dust mask and safety glasses when you do that.
Here are the instructions (for E46):
Here's the E30 instructions. Pretty similar, but it doesn't call for using the special cleaning tool. It says, "Clean wheel center centering collar and bearing surfaces of wheel rim and coat with Plastilube".
Last edited by Andrew325is; 03-21-2019, 08:38 PM.
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I found this article on diagnosing wheel vibration and it shows how to measure runout with a dial indicator. https://www.popularmechanics.com/car...o/a76/1272406/ I'm going to go to HF tomorrow and get a dial indicator.
Here's the BMW E30 instructions for measuring wheel runout: http://www.bmwz1.org/Reparaturanleit.../3610000c.html
It says max radial and lateral runout are both 0.6 mm (0.024").
Here's the instructions for measuring tire runout: http://www.bmwz1.org/Reparaturanleit.../3610000b.html
It says max radial and lateral runout are both 1.6 mm (0.063").
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