KiwiAlpina 1 Report post Posted August 25, 2004 AHHHHHH!!!!!!!, :banghead: My Alpina has these strange wobbles in the steering at about 90-100ks, feels abit like the wheel balance but have had that done so many times it's not funny, last time today accually. when you hit a bump or irrigularities in the road, the front end gives you that sort of speed wobbles affect you get on a bike. you need to either drive hard tru it or hit the brakes to slow down, either way it then dissipates. I've looked at all the immediate possibles as to way this is happening, i.e front end bushes, tire pressures, tires ect, so a'm totally lost. So if anybody techo on these things or even just offer something, i would be much appreciated. Cheers Tony KiwiAlpina DRIVE HARD - LIVE LONG :thumb: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted August 25, 2004 control arm ball joints? inner/outer tie rod ball joints? steering rack? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmwsparkle 3 Report post Posted August 25, 2004 are you running E39 rims? ive heard if you dont run hubcentric rings on E34s/E28s this can happen bcoz of the different hub size Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiAlpina 1 Report post Posted August 25, 2004 Hi Gus, thanks for that but yer have replaces tie rods late last year to attempt to remedy this, as for the rack, do you think it could just need nipping up?, Hi bmwsparkle, no mate have the genuine Alpina rims 8.5" up front and 9.5" out back. Cheers Guys Tony :thumb: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30-323ti 66 Report post Posted August 25, 2004 Drop E34-535ti a PM He had exactly the same problem with his E34, it's the inner control arm bush (the front one). Anyway he has all the part No.'s Prices etc... And there is some place in OZ that sell Urethane ones too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petone 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2004 Sounds like you should have it sorted but could be warped brake rotors, quite common on E30 aparently. Other possibility is bent rim, but I'd be extremely surprised if it hadn't been picked up in the wheel balance by now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creaver 55 Report post Posted April 27, 2008 Sorry to bring up an old thread...but i'm having a similar problem, I am yet to balance the wheels (will do soon), but i'm certain that will not fix it going by what the thread owner has said. Did you resolve this problem in the end? Regards, Ian. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted April 27, 2008 Would suggest it's probably the front upper thrust and lower control arm bushings, need new ones, common thing, see this link. http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7aq8e/id18.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted April 27, 2008 Would suggest it's probably the front upper thrust and lower control arm bushings, need new ones, common thing, see this link. http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7aq8e/id18.html daves hit the nail on the head here. Very common problem, i will be replacing my bushes shortly too for the same wobbly reason. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
