The wandering/clunk issue was resolved with the rack replacement and alignment but now it seems that I have a camber issue..
There is about .5* more negative camber on the driver side vs the passenger side front and rear. Its enough to cause the car to pull to the right. Any suggestions?
Alignment posted below.
Hello r3v new E30 owner here..
Just picked up a 90 325i with 134k and having some issues with the front end wandering on me..
With the steering on or near center, if i go over a small or medium sized bump at low or high speed with the left wheel, i get a loud clunk, and the steering wanders to the left. Doesn't do this with any other wheel nor while cornering and only on or near center.
Shop is saying its the rack and told me the rack has been replaced fairly recently, looks new, and after looking at it I agree. They didn't seem very confident in suggesting the rack needs to be replaced in order to fix the issue though.
Other issues that may or may not be related:
-slight play/clunk in the steering shaft which sounds like its coming from up by the steering wheel. Shop replaced the steering guibo because they had thought it was causing this. Didn't fix the play at all, with a solid guibo, or the slight knocking when rattling the steering shaft.
-Also vibration at 50-60 which I'm assuming is an unbalanced wheel although its only felt in the steering wheel.
-Pulls a little to the right so i know it needs an alignment.
-Left front shock is leaking slightly but shop didn't say it was blown or completely bad although it looks to be original.
I've checked about everything and cant seem to find anything other then possibly the shock being toast. Right now I'm torn between upgrading the rack or complete suspension overhaul to try to resolve. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thx
There is about .5* more negative camber on the driver side vs the passenger side front and rear. Its enough to cause the car to pull to the right. Any suggestions?
Alignment posted below.
Hello r3v new E30 owner here..
Just picked up a 90 325i with 134k and having some issues with the front end wandering on me..
With the steering on or near center, if i go over a small or medium sized bump at low or high speed with the left wheel, i get a loud clunk, and the steering wanders to the left. Doesn't do this with any other wheel nor while cornering and only on or near center.
Shop is saying its the rack and told me the rack has been replaced fairly recently, looks new, and after looking at it I agree. They didn't seem very confident in suggesting the rack needs to be replaced in order to fix the issue though.
Other issues that may or may not be related:
-slight play/clunk in the steering shaft which sounds like its coming from up by the steering wheel. Shop replaced the steering guibo because they had thought it was causing this. Didn't fix the play at all, with a solid guibo, or the slight knocking when rattling the steering shaft.
-Also vibration at 50-60 which I'm assuming is an unbalanced wheel although its only felt in the steering wheel.
-Pulls a little to the right so i know it needs an alignment.
-Left front shock is leaking slightly but shop didn't say it was blown or completely bad although it looks to be original.
I've checked about everything and cant seem to find anything other then possibly the shock being toast. Right now I'm torn between upgrading the rack or complete suspension overhaul to try to resolve. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thx
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