Nasty surprise E63 M6
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Was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. Went to pull the car out of the drive and heard a nasty scraping
noise coming from driver's side front wheel. Sounded like a stone had got between pad and disc and was grinding.I decided
to pull slowly forward to get the car on the flat and have a look but as I did so my tyre exploded.Managed to jack the car
up and remove wheel and what had happened was my spring had snapped in the middle and the sharp end had gone straight through
the tyre.There was no issue when I parked the car the day before so it seemed strange for it to go just like that however it
could have been fatal at high motorway speeds as the tyre would have been shredded instantly.Wasn't easy getting it on a low loader
either. BMW quoted 14 days to get the parts which is no good to me so had to get a full set of Eibach springs which are 20mm lower
at the front and 15mm at the rear. At least they come with a "Billion mile warranty" My car is an 06 plate with 49,000 miles so if
you have similar it may be worth checking the springs for any signs of wear?
noise coming from driver's side front wheel. Sounded like a stone had got between pad and disc and was grinding.I decided
to pull slowly forward to get the car on the flat and have a look but as I did so my tyre exploded.Managed to jack the car
up and remove wheel and what had happened was my spring had snapped in the middle and the sharp end had gone straight through
the tyre.There was no issue when I parked the car the day before so it seemed strange for it to go just like that however it
could have been fatal at high motorway speeds as the tyre would have been shredded instantly.Wasn't easy getting it on a low loader
either. BMW quoted 14 days to get the parts which is no good to me so had to get a full set of Eibach springs which are 20mm lower
at the front and 15mm at the rear. At least they come with a "Billion mile warranty" My car is an 06 plate with 49,000 miles so if
you have similar it may be worth checking the springs for any signs of wear?
My brother has an indy garage and replaces broken springs regularly on most makes, the potholed narrow roads locally being blamed .
Surprisingly not many snapped springs damage the tyre but it does happen, especially on Fiestas I believe.
I wonder why this has not been made more of an issue as obviously failures like this are potentially life threatening.
Surprisingly not many snapped springs damage the tyre but it does happen, especially on Fiestas I believe.
I wonder why this has not been made more of an issue as obviously failures like this are potentially life threatening.
666 SVT said:
Was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. Went to pull the car out of the drive and heard a nasty scraping
noise coming from driver's side front wheel. Sounded like a stone had got between pad and disc and was grinding.I decided
to pull slowly forward to get the car on the flat and have a look but as I did so my tyre exploded.Managed to jack the car
up and remove wheel and what had happened was my spring had snapped in the middle and the sharp end had gone straight through
the tyre.There was no issue when I parked the car the day before so it seemed strange for it to go just like that however it
could have been fatal at high motorway speeds as the tyre would have been shredded instantly.Wasn't easy getting it on a low loader
either. BMW quoted 14 days to get the parts which is no good to me so had to get a full set of Eibach springs which are 20mm lower
at the front and 15mm at the rear. At least they come with a "Billion mile warranty" My car is an 06 plate with 49,000 miles so if
you have similar it may be worth checking the springs for any signs of wear?
What tyres are you running? Presume you have ditched the run flats?noise coming from driver's side front wheel. Sounded like a stone had got between pad and disc and was grinding.I decided
to pull slowly forward to get the car on the flat and have a look but as I did so my tyre exploded.Managed to jack the car
up and remove wheel and what had happened was my spring had snapped in the middle and the sharp end had gone straight through
the tyre.There was no issue when I parked the car the day before so it seemed strange for it to go just like that however it
could have been fatal at high motorway speeds as the tyre would have been shredded instantly.Wasn't easy getting it on a low loader
either. BMW quoted 14 days to get the parts which is no good to me so had to get a full set of Eibach springs which are 20mm lower
at the front and 15mm at the rear. At least they come with a "Billion mile warranty" My car is an 06 plate with 49,000 miles so if
you have similar it may be worth checking the springs for any signs of wear?
Maz_uk said:
gavm5 said:
Really
No chance, got an E60 M5 in at the min with RFT all round.
If you have them - I'd ditch them on the next tyre refresh. They destroyed the ride on my non-M E86 and on the 1 series I've driven. krisdelta said:
You can of course put RFT on most cars, however full fat M products from the factory do not have RFT or the option of them either. E46 / E86 / E9x / E6x certainly didn't - that's why there is a can of gunk in the boot If you have them - I'd ditch them on the next tyre refresh. They destroyed the ride on my non-M E86 and on the 1 series I've driven.
FYI this hasn't changed - current M5, M6 and I presume M3/M4 all come with PSS with no RFT option from the factory. If you have them - I'd ditch them on the next tyre refresh. They destroyed the ride on my non-M E86 and on the 1 series I've driven. Even some of the 'non-M'
cars like the M135i comes with non-RFT as standard but I believe there is an option to have RFT fitted for convenience.Edited by theboss on Monday 20th April 17:06
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