E39 Touring rear suspension woes

[Oi_Oi_Savaloy]

Chaps - i've got an E39 530d touring with 181,000 on the old clock. I do a fairly epic mileage (mostly the M4 - it's entire length twice a week) at the moment.

I had new rear tyres recently and she's gone through them already (in about 12,000 miles all told).

I'm getting shimmy at the back but I honestly thought that they all do that sir so didn't worry overly! D'oh!

Can anyone tell me which bush(es) cause the shimmy or which set of components would cause feathering on the inside of the tyres?

Many thanks

[8Tech]

Subframe bushes are very common as are hub carrier lower balljoints. Both need a special tool to install unless you want to spend hours trying to do them without. Its then worth doing a KDS to get the rear alignment correct.

8Tech.