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Steering tilt on road incline / bumps (e39)

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On a maintenance thread marathon.

I've noticed my steering wheel moves/tilts a bit more than it used to when going over bumps or on uneven roads with small incline to one side. It's nothing drastic but I feel like I am focusing slightly more on keeping the steering wheel steady than I used to. I'm quite picky with these things so maybe that's why I notice it so much. Any idea what it might be? Obviously a suspension part, if it gets to that. Just some info to help:

  • Have done wheel alignment last week
  • front left control arm is less than a year old
  • front left thrust arm is less than 2 yrs old
  • front right tie rod is just a few months old
  • rear ball joints have been replaced less than a year ago
  • sway bars seem fine, including links and bushings
  • front sub frame was replaced few months ago

No idea when shocks were last replaced. Any info is useful, before I get it looked at.

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Worn tyres can have quite an effect on bump steer, also tyre pressure. Check the easy things first!

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Newish parts can be easily worn, the may have been faulty etc, or just be crappy quality.

Also - I would say MOST places that do wheel alignments shouldn't be allowed to - guessing it at home might give a better result!

Worn tyres can do it too, and certain types of tyre are worse than others too.

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Have driven it around a bit and feel it's not really bad. I believe I was overthinking it. Can't seem to replicate the issue, which was never hugely noticeable in the first place..

Thanks for the replies though. My tyres will be due in a few months as well and after visiting Glenn yesterday, found that the profiles are the wrong way round on the tires for a staggered setup. Apparently need to be 45's on the rear and 40's up front. Currently got 255 40 17s rear, 235 35 17 front.

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