E46 330d, tramlining and veering all over the place!
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Bonjour,
The title says it all really, car was fine, then I changed all four tyres, and had the geometry done, and have tried soft and hard tyre pressures but at sub 30mph speeds the car sems to be hunting the kerb or centreline with annoying regularity, and it's nearly had me in the hedge under braking a couple of times.
Any thoughts?
Also who would be the best person to look at it? Main Dealer (Car's on 69k so warranty won't cover suspension), Specialist (Don't know of a BMW place near Colchester) or ATS type monkies?
Regards
Dave
The title says it all really, car was fine, then I changed all four tyres, and had the geometry done, and have tried soft and hard tyre pressures but at sub 30mph speeds the car sems to be hunting the kerb or centreline with annoying regularity, and it's nearly had me in the hedge under braking a couple of times.
Any thoughts?
Also who would be the best person to look at it? Main Dealer (Car's on 69k so warranty won't cover suspension), Specialist (Don't know of a BMW place near Colchester) or ATS type monkies?
Regards
Dave
Started out with Eagle F1 GSD3 all round, all felt fine.
Problems started when I fitted new Eagle F1 GSD3 on the front.
Was then told that the F1 GSD3 for the rears had been discontinued so went for Dunlop sp9000 on the rear.
Elite in Rainham did the rears and the geo.
Have just found some F1 GSD3s for the rears on mytyres so will bung them on and see what that does.
Problems started when I fitted new Eagle F1 GSD3 on the front.
Was then told that the F1 GSD3 for the rears had been discontinued so went for Dunlop sp9000 on the rear.
Elite in Rainham did the rears and the geo.
Have just found some F1 GSD3s for the rears on mytyres so will bung them on and see what that does.
Yep, with the Goodyears on the front of my 330 pulled to the left - have just replaced them both (lasted 77k miles, still with 3mm tread but hit a pot hole and split the tyre)- only tyres available here in med island were cooper avon 2xs... now the car is skitty and drifts to the right. Not worn in yet tho'.
Edited by ceriw on Thursday 20th December 07:53
Mine's the same - I assume it's a sport with 18" wheels. When I first got mine, I got he dealer to do the full geometry check (over £200) and it wasn't really any better.
This was on the OE fit REO40 Bridgestones. The current set of tyres RE050's are just the same.
I'm pretty sure it's the wide wheels, and I just put up with it but you really need to concetrate when on the inside lane with the deep lorry tyre grooves!
Steve
This was on the OE fit REO40 Bridgestones. The current set of tyres RE050's are just the same.
I'm pretty sure it's the wide wheels, and I just put up with it but you really need to concetrate when on the inside lane with the deep lorry tyre grooves!
Steve
DJFish said:
Started out with Eagle F1 GSD3 all round, all felt fine.
Problems started when I fitted new Eagle F1 GSD3 on the front.
Was then told that the F1 GSD3 for the rears had been discontinued so went for Dunlop sp9000 on the rear.
Elite in Rainham did the rears and the geo.
Have just found some F1 GSD3s for the rears on mytyres so will bung them on and see what that does.
I'd be pretty convinced it's the SP9000's and will be resolved when you fit the Eagles. I have had exactly the same on my E46 and now the same on the E91, they get better once they've lost a couple of mm of tread but initially the car feels like at any time it wanted to Oversteer in to the ditch. It's all very odd because SP9000's were original fitment on the E46. Look forward to how you get on with the F1'sProblems started when I fitted new Eagle F1 GSD3 on the front.
Was then told that the F1 GSD3 for the rears had been discontinued so went for Dunlop sp9000 on the rear.
Elite in Rainham did the rears and the geo.
Have just found some F1 GSD3s for the rears on mytyres so will bung them on and see what that does.
I know you said that it troubles started after fitting a new pair of front tyres, but at 69K miles i'd put money on worn front wishbone bushes (specifically the rear bush on the lower arm). They arent too expensive to buy (seem to remember about £50 each??) and arent too expensive to change (if you avoid the main dealer) but a new pair will transform the handling.
to check, park car on flat surface, put on handbrake, then get out and grab one of the front tyres, and try to roll/rock it forwards and backwards (a dirty job this time of year unfortunately). If it moves too much (more than about 1" approx after a decent bloke sized shove) or just oscillates around and feels horribly soft, get em changed!
(my 330d is on it's 3rd set (2 sets under warranty) after approx 90k miles - mental note to self: stop ditch hooking so much!!!)
to check, park car on flat surface, put on handbrake, then get out and grab one of the front tyres, and try to roll/rock it forwards and backwards (a dirty job this time of year unfortunately). If it moves too much (more than about 1" approx after a decent bloke sized shove) or just oscillates around and feels horribly soft, get em changed!
(my 330d is on it's 3rd set (2 sets under warranty) after approx 90k miles - mental note to self: stop ditch hooking so much!!!)
That's interesting. I am pretty sure mine does that, I put my foot on one of the wheels the other day as it looked a bit low on pressure and gave it a shove and it rocked back and forth (handbrake was on). Defo going to get that checked. Also, don't think it is the SP9000's, mines getting worse irrespective of tyre wear, and generally I like the Dunlop's, they have good wet/dry grip and wear very reasonably.
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