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Steering tie rod?

Apparently all good - cheers

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Hi. I would like a price on a brand new bearing. I am trying to shake the shake out of my car. I have play in the front L/H wheel. Have tightened the bearing, but still there. Process of elimination (elimination of $$$) is the only way I know how, with this one??

you sure its the actual resevoir or just where the pump "plugs" in?

Thanks kiwi535. I assumed immediately it would be a leak in the reservoir. I will check the leak out more thoroughly - including plugs etc.......This site is priceless

Hi. My water reservoir (for windscreen washers) has a major leak. I am after a good second hand one or new if need be.

Cheers in advance.

Pretty much as title says. Experiencing a shudder at exactly 57k's, both left hand wheels have no balance weights, had wheel alignment and new tyres ® 1500k ago.

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I have the shudder problem as well. I haven't checked that the wheels aren't buckled (but will) as I found a bit of play in the r/h front wheel, which may be a loose bearing.....? I suppose a buckled wheel could even cause the bearing to loosen? Hmmmm....I Hope we both find the solution soon as it is most annoying.

Thanks mate. Will take these options (so I can talk the talk) to my mate (mechanic) in Dunedin. I am going to get to the bottom of this. As said, I am on a roadie to Dunedin from Kingston tomorrow for 2 days. I will be back online with any interesting developments.

Have found the r/h front wheel to have some play and will be putting into shop for closer inspection when I get a chance......till next time..these things are a bit harder to deal with when in remote places in NZ..but life is good!

Shudder causes.

Un balanaced wheels

warped / buckled wheel

control arm bushes or control arm pivot joints worn

Now for the less common ones

Hub centric wheel bore is slightly too big for hub. You will need hub rings to solve this. I had this problem once on one of my cars.

faulty un balanced tire (very rare manufacturing fault)

unbalanced drive shaft

drive shaft hanger bearing

Thanks mate. Will take these options (so I can talk the talk) to my mate (mechanic) in Dunedin. I am going to get to the bottom of this. As said, I am on a roadie to Dunedin from Kingston tomorrow for 2 days. I will be back online with any interesting developments.

it maybe a control arm bushing or ball joint problem. have had somewhat a similar experience.

Well this could be worth checking.... I have owned it now for over a month and it has been my daily. The problem has not gotten worse. I am on a trip with it to dunedin in a couple of days and will be analysing on different roads. Will post anything new, if found. Meantime I am very interested in peoples opinions, e.g similar experiences or solutions. Cheers.

^ This or -

If you have directional tyres, make sure they are turning the right direction Ask me how I know, they do some weird sh*t going backwards.

Non directional, but that's a good point....cheers.

I had similar issues prior to the balancing of individual wheel...check to see if there may be marks where the balancing weights may have fallen off?

Check to see if your wheel nuts are on correctly.

Thanks for your input. Everything suggested is correct.....cheers.

Hi. I have an 93' e36 325i Coupe. The tyres are in good condition and I had them balanced recently. I thought this would solve the problem. I commute to Queenstown everyday from Kingston. The shuddering is on some corners at speeds mostly above (but not limited to) 70kph. I drive around this problem at present, as best I can by regulating my speeds and my lines, but even on straights starting at 100kph it will shudder. I have driven through to 120kph where it seems to lesson. It is not an extremely aggressive shudder but very annoying. Thanks in advance for any opinions on this....

Gidday mate! Welcome to NZ. I am new to the site as well. In fact I did have a profile a few years ago, but since I sold the E36 323i (should never have) for a 79 Holden Kingswood (Hmmmm!!!) there was not such a need for 'Bimmer Company'. Recently I was sniffing around Turners (online), probably the same time as you. Nice looking Coupe - by the way! But in the end I bought a 325i Coupe off TradeMe. Has a few more clicks, 126000 miles (UK import) or 200000kms. I figure it will do twice that before I sell or dispose of it? This site is a gold mine for good vibes and knowledge base. I only have a crap photo of mine at the moment, but hey it still looks pretty and sweeeeeet!! Anyway me and my lady are flying up to Christchurch in a couple of weeks (ZQN-CHC $29.00 O/W) and am looking forward to a nice cruise back home to Otago. Rock on.

Hi. I look forward to more excellent info and service from other members and providers to bimmersport. I used to own a 96' 323i and now my new P&J is a 93' 325i coupe. Very excited.....I am still to pick her up and drive her back down to Otago with me lady. Cheers!