R50/53 Welp Front control arm bushing is bad
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Welp Front control arm bushing is bad
Noticed this morning while braking down hill a pretty loud clicking clunking noise then another clunk on acceleration and immediately turned around and drove home about 2 blocks. Checked the tires and noticed that the driver side front one was moving back and forth a LOT.
Also, I've been smelling a burning rubber smell after driving, and thought it was the harmonic balancer but the smell was on the side of the car not the front under the hood. Could this be the reason for the smell?
Also, I've been smelling a burning rubber smell after driving, and thought it was the harmonic balancer but the smell was on the side of the car not the front under the hood. Could this be the reason for the smell?
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If your front crontol arm bushings are so bad your "tires are smoking" and you can smell them...WOW.....
I would fix it ASAP... But I would keep looking...maybe it goes away...
Reality check...
If you have been looking under the car much, and missed this...it is a safety issue...get help.
I would fix it ASAP... But I would keep looking...maybe it goes away...
Reality check...
If you have been looking under the car much, and missed this...it is a safety issue...get help.
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Easy buddy, I just checked the car a couple days ago for the harmonic balancer and then checked my tires this morning after hearing the clunking. I only drive a couple days a week not daily like most people so I have less opportunity to incounter problems
Also just ordered some of the poly bushings from Way Motorsports with them prepressed so I don't have to mess with removing all the bushing stuff from the mount.
Anyways, thank you?
The driver side was like the bad one in this video where I couldn't tell by moving it by hand but after I kicked it the tire giggled a bit like this. Also there was no "smoke" way to make me out to be a complete moron. And I generally don't consider kicking the **** out of my tires as part of a safety check.
Also just ordered some of the poly bushings from Way Motorsports with them prepressed so I don't have to mess with removing all the bushing stuff from the mount.
Anyways, thank you?
The driver side was like the bad one in this video where I couldn't tell by moving it by hand but after I kicked it the tire giggled a bit like this. Also there was no "smoke" way to make me out to be a complete moron. And I generally don't consider kicking the **** out of my tires as part of a safety check.
Last edited by DrewWphoto; 03-25-2015 at 11:53 AM.
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I must admit that I made several changes; new front sway bar and bushings, new control arm bushings and a Quaife LSD. So I suppose there are a number of opportunities for a few creaks and groans to work their way into the car.
Glad to hear the Powerflex bushings are normally quiet. They make a nice change to the car's turn in. I had a shop do the work and it is going back later in the month to get checked out.
Glad to hear the Powerflex bushings are normally quiet. They make a nice change to the car's turn in. I had a shop do the work and it is going back later in the month to get checked out.
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"Stealing" bolt
I assume you are talking about the lower control arm not the sway bar. Can you put a "heat" wrench on the part that it is threaded into? Is it really rusty? Then there is the usual - nut buster or liquid wrench - and let it sit a while. Not sure how much torque you can put on the bolt from where you are working, but BMW tends to use high torque values when assembling things and it takes a lot of effort to "break" things loose.
Different subject - for the sway bar bushings, when I did my rear bar on my previous MINI I wrapped the bar with Teflon tape before putting the bushing on. Never made any noise.
Different subject - for the sway bar bushings, when I did my rear bar on my previous MINI I wrapped the bar with Teflon tape before putting the bushing on. Never made any noise.
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Alright all done. Just sprayed a ton of wd40 and pryed away and the old bushings came off. Installed the power flex and put it all back together.
Everything seems to be driving great. I spilled a little ps fluid on the exhaust manifold so that smells pretty bad.
I'm going to get the wheels aligned next week.
Everything seems to be driving great. I spilled a little ps fluid on the exhaust manifold so that smells pretty bad.
I'm going to get the wheels aligned next week.
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