Has anyone heard????

Has anyone heard????

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sgtvr

Original Poster:

28 posts

222 months

Thursday 19th April 2007
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Has anyone heard of wishbone/suspension problems with early E90's? My 55 320 d tramlines quite a bit and can be twitchy.Put it down to the RFT's but having driven a 07 120 d i'm not sure they are the only problem!The 120 drives straight as a die!!Mike Brewer mentioned a "problem" on his Auto Trader program....How True??!

trackdemon

12,193 posts

262 months

Friday 20th April 2007
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sgtvr said:
My 55 320 d


sgtvr said:
a 07 120 d


Totally differnt cars; 1 is probably the nicest handling in the range outside of the M cars.

Egbert Nobacon

2,835 posts

244 months

Friday 20th April 2007
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sgtvr said:
Has anyone heard of wishbone/suspension problems with early E90's? My 55 320 d tramlines quite a bit and can be twitchy.Put it down to the RFT's but having driven a 07 120 d i'm not sure they are the only problem!The 120 drives straight as a die!!Mike Brewer mentioned a "problem" on his Auto Trader program....How True??!


Had a tramlining/twitchy issue on seperate occasions on both my E46 M3 and E39 530 sport that was solved by new front tyres and 4 wheel alignment check.

In both cases the front tyres were over 50% worn and had become "stepped" across the profile width. I am told that some BMW's are particulaly sensitive to this type of wear especially with wider tyres.

Rochester BMW

3,313 posts

207 months

Friday 20th April 2007
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My E90 with RFT 18's runs fine...

(Mike Brewer is a nob!)

sgtvr

Original Poster:

28 posts

222 months

Friday 20th April 2007
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Egbert Nobacon said:
sgtvr said:
Has anyone heard of wishbone/suspension problems with early E90's? My 55 320 d tramlines quite a bit and can be twitchy.Put it down to the RFT's but having driven a 07 120 d i'm not sure they are the only problem!The 120 drives straight as a die!!Mike Brewer mentioned a "problem" on his Auto Trader program....How True??!


Had a tramlining/twitchy issue on seperate occasions on both my E46 M3 and E39 530 sport that was solved by new front tyres and 4 wheel alignment check.

In both cases the front tyres were over 50% worn and had become "stepped" across the profile width. I am told that some BMW's are particulaly sensitive to this type of wear especially with wider tyres.


The wheels and tyres where off car that had only done 4k! Maybe 4 wheel allignment might help as they are not the original size wheels.


Edited by sgtvr on Friday 20th April 18:02

sgtvr

Original Poster:

28 posts

222 months

Friday 20th April 2007
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Rochester BMW said:
My E90 with RFT 18's runs fine...

(Mike Brewer is a nob!)

HA HA! Don't know the man personally, but you could be right mate!!?


Edited by sgtvr on Friday 20th April 18:09