Unseen £200 e38

[Slow]

HustleRussell said:

Be prepared to get medieval on those lower arms, I found myself using ever larger hammers changing the ones on my E34. You're going to have to be even more brutal than you were with those wheel bolts

Half done one side finally, well 99% done. Just cant get the steering rack balljoint to go back in its hole. Do you know if theres a trick to it?

[HustleRussell]

Slow said:

HustleRussell said:

Be prepared to get medieval on those lower arms, I found myself using ever larger hammers changing the ones on my E34. You're going to have to be even more brutal than you were with those wheel bolts

Half done one side finally, well 99% done. Just cant get the steering rack balljoint to go back in its hole. Do you know if theres a trick to it?

The track rod end (which connects the rod to the strut)?

If it isn't sliding straight in, check you're not trying to insert the track rod the wrong way up- they're tapered, so if during the melee you lost track of which way up the track rod fits it could be upside down.

Make sure you don't torque up the lower / upper track control arm to body / subframe bolts (the ones at the bushed end) until the car is resting on it's wheels and settled. This has a big influence on both handling and longevity of the bushes.

[Slow]

HustleRussell said:

Slow said:

HustleRussell said:

Be prepared to get medieval on those lower arms, I found myself using ever larger hammers changing the ones on my E34. You're going to have to be even more brutal than you were with those wheel bolts

Half done one side finally, well 99% done. Just cant get the steering rack balljoint to go back in its hole. Do you know if theres a trick to it?

The track rod end (which connects the rod to the strut)?

If it isn't sliding straight in, check you're not trying to insert the track rod the wrong way up- they're tapered, so if during the melee you lost track of which way up the track rod fits it could be upside down.

Make sure you don't torque up the lower / upper track control arm to body / subframe bolts (the ones at the bushed end) until the car is resting on it's wheels and settled. This has a big influence on both handling and longevity of the bushes.

Not the track rod end. Hard to describe but theres a ball joint further up. Theres a large multi splined output with a arm attached to it which does the steering, a ball joint goes into the end of this to do the actual steering by moving the rack up and down.

I cant get the ball joint back into this arm now its out.

[Slow]

Car passed the Mot yesterday with no advisorys

Decided to give it a little love so it's having a wheel alignment and wheels balanced today

Next on the list is to change the gearbox oil as its not a fan of changing gear sometimes, not juddering, it's just holding gears quite long. Does anyone know what gearbox oil I need? Assuming it's a different box to the 740/750i so I'm struggling for info.

[Jimmy Recard]

Well done. I'm amazed that car is back and can legally be driven

[BatForcePC]

Since they aren't original to the car, do you need spigot rings on the alloys? If they are needed and aren't there all the force is on the wheel lugs...not great I assume!

Slow said:

ing car tried kill me...



3 wheel nuts are stripped and 2 are bent, time to rob my dead e46 I guess.

Do they weaken with age? I know they were all done up tight so they didn't wiggle loose.

[E36Ross]

Possibly, I'v had a set of those wheels. (BK Racing 171)

Had E39 bore so 74.1mm instead of normal BMW 72.6mm.

[Slow]

Had the alignment and balancing done.... Its brought back my 50-60mph shake which my new arms had got rid of. Not happy.

To cheer me up I got home and got the grinder out. This happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDHSP8qsnN0

Cut the right back box off no problem (excluding the fact the exhaust has a inner and outer pipe making cutting it hard work). Came to the left one and I popped the mounts off and the whole thing just fell out the center silencer (part 1 in this picture)



So I have 2 miss matching length pipes now, might just cut the pipes off and go side exits, just because I can really.

[Slow]

Review of day to day life.

Suspension is fked, on hard cornering or mild bumps in the road the mud flaps scratch.
Its wiggles its rear end at all the slight dips between lanes.
The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.
Gearbox is clunky and isnt always keen to change up/down.
Will do 100 miles for £25 which is about the same as my Range Rover.
Rear tyres are st and will spin 1 up on the hairpins (2) on the way to and from work.

[bomma220]

Slow said:

Review of day to day life.

Suspension is fked, on hard cornering or mild bumps in the road the mud flaps scratch.
Its wiggles its rear end at all the slight dips between lanes.
The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.
Gearbox is clunky and isnt always keen to change up/down.
Will do 100 miles for £25 which is about the same as my Range Rover.
Rear tyres are st and will spin 1 up on the hairpins (2) on the way to and from work.

You really have no idea of what you're doing. You're clearly messing around with cars driving them & leaving them in a dangerous condition & continuing to press on regardless. Your stupid actions have not gone unnoticed & are now 'on record' with your local police authority. FWIW, not through my actions - I live far away enough not to bother - but through someone who lives close enough to you to be concerned

[Slow]

bomma220 said:

You really have no idea of what you're doing. You're clearly messing around with cars driving them & leaving them in a dangerous condition & continuing to press on regardless. Your stupid actions have not gone unnoticed & are now 'on record' with your local police authority. FWIW, not through my actions - I live far away enough not to bother - but through someone who lives close enough to you to be concerned

Dangerous? It just passed its Mot - yes it is legit and not a dodgy one. My idea of "fked" may be different to yours as I have seen some horrific condition Land Rovers (and driven off road).

No idea what your on about "on record" as I havent done anything against the law haha.

[HustleRussell]

01:22 on a Saturday morning? Bomma220 must've been pissed.

[TooMany2cvs]

Slow said:

Review of day to day life.

Suspension is fked, on hard cornering or mild bumps in the road the mud flaps scratch.
Its wiggles its rear end at all the slight dips between lanes.
The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.

These are very likely to be closely related.

Slow said:

Rear tyres are st and will spin 1 up on the hairpins (2) on the way to and from work.

Slow said:

Dangerous? It just passed its Mot - yes it is legit and not a dodgy one.

This tells you a lot about the standard of tyre required to pass the MOT.

[HustleRussell]

Slow said:

The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.

Did you torque the arms up with the car sitting on it's wheels?

Dampers and droplinks can also contribute, plus anything which'll introduce play into the steering.

Wandering rear is often dogbones or subframe bushes.

[vincenz]

Slow said:

Review of day to day life.

Suspension is fked, on hard cornering or mild bumps in the road the mud flaps scratch.
Its wiggles its rear end at all the slight dips between lanes.
The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.
Gearbox is clunky and isnt always keen to change up/down.
Will do 100 miles for £25 which is about the same as my Range Rover.
Rear tyres are st and will spin 1 up on the hairpins (2) on the way to and from work.

How's the m5 purchase coming along?

[Slow]

HustleRussell said:

Slow said:

The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.

Did you torque the arms up with the car sitting on it's wheels?

Dampers and droplinks can also contribute, plus anything which'll introduce play into the steering.

Wandering rear is often dogbones or subframe bushes.

Wasnt torqued up while sitting on its wheels as I couldnt get into the back while it was on them. Not sure if a ramp is needed for this.

Considering a new set of springs + dampers on all 4 corners.

Assumed its something worn in the rear as I had similar with my Range Rover till I changed 2 rear arms.

TooMany2cvs said:

Slow said:

Review of day to day life.

Suspension is fked, on hard cornering or mild bumps in the road the mud flaps scratch.
Its wiggles its rear end at all the slight dips between lanes.
The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.

These are very likely to be closely related.

Slow said:

Rear tyres are st and will spin 1 up on the hairpins (2) on the way to and from work.

Slow said:

Dangerous? It just passed its Mot - yes it is legit and not a dodgy one.

This tells you a lot about the standard of tyre required to pass the MOT.

The tyres are bridgestones on about 3-4mm but its the gearbox and its stupid ability to not change up/down. Its a corner you cant take at more than 10mph, properly tight corner. On the way out you have to boot it to get the car moving as its sat in a high gear and wont change down without alot of throttle.

vincenz said:

How's the m5 purchase coming along?

Just fine thats mate, glad you asked. Always like to be reminded on my project car thread.

[TooMany2cvs]

Slow said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Slow said:

Rear tyres are st and will spin 1 up on the hairpins (2) on the way to and from work.

Slow said:

Dangerous? It just passed its Mot - yes it is legit and not a dodgy one.

This tells you a lot about the standard of tyre required to pass the MOT.

The tyres are bridgestones on about 3-4mm

But what age?

Slow said:

but its the gearbox and its stupid ability to not change up/down.

So the tyres aren't st...?

Slow said:

Its a corner you cant take at more than 10mph, properly tight corner. On the way out you have to boot it to get the car moving as its sat in a high gear and wont change down without alot of throttle.

You do know that you can manually ask an autobox to change down, right?

[Slow]

TooMany2cvs said:

You do know that you can manually ask an autobox to change down, right?

Please do tell. Its not steptronic or anthing like that. Cant slide it over to the side then go up/down gears like my Range Rover.

[TooMany2cvs]

Slow said:

TooMany2cvs said:

You do know that you can manually ask an autobox to change down, right?

Please do tell. Its not steptronic or anthing like that. Cant slide it over to the side then go up/down gears like my Range Rover.

Just move the lever back from D to 4, 3 or 2 to restrict the highest gear it'll change into.

[vincenz]

Slow said:

HustleRussell said:

Slow said:

The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.

Did you torque the arms up with the car sitting on it's wheels?

Dampers and droplinks can also contribute, plus anything which'll introduce play into the steering.

Wandering rear is often dogbones or subframe bushes.

Wasnt torqued up while sitting on its wheels as I couldnt get into the back while it was on them. Not sure if a ramp is needed for this.

Considering a new set of springs + dampers on all 4 corners.

Assumed its something worn in the rear as I had similar with my Range Rover till I changed 2 rear arms.

TooMany2cvs said:

Slow said:

Review of day to day life.

Suspension is fked, on hard cornering or mild bumps in the road the mud flaps scratch.
Its wiggles its rear end at all the slight dips between lanes.
The 50mph shimmy came back after an alignment, dunno what to change as its got 4x new arms on the front.

These are very likely to be closely related.

Slow said:

Rear tyres are st and will spin 1 up on the hairpins (2) on the way to and from work.

Slow said:

Dangerous? It just passed its Mot - yes it is legit and not a dodgy one.

This tells you a lot about the standard of tyre required to pass the MOT.

The tyres are bridgestones on about 3-4mm but its the gearbox and its stupid ability to not change up/down. Its a corner you cant take at more than 10mph, properly tight corner. On the way out you have to boot it to get the car moving as its sat in a high gear and wont change down without alot of throttle.

vincenz said:

How's the m5 purchase coming along?

Just fine thats mate, glad you asked. Always like to be reminded on my project car thread.

I hadn't seen a reply in the other thread

So why are you wasting your time with this when you can go and get an e60 and actually enjoy it

I had an e38 between moving house when I sold my e92 and they're a pain to work on when they're in the above condition.

Why not cut your loses and get rid of it, you're in real danger of spending the purchase price a good few times over when you shovel of just bought a £2k one to begin with.