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Originally Posted by MrSweet1991
Hi mate,
So a while back before the car went off the road I knocked it into a kerb when it was icy as can be seen here:
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1449122
The rear arms have no ball joints, theres a top control arm, camber arm, trailing arm, toe arm and a wishbone I believe. Took it to chemix after adjusting the toe and camber myself just so it would drive relatively straight and the toe was already at max and still way out. Something is bent, so all the arms come off and had them side to side, looking for twists at different angles but nothing! Holes line up fine on both ends, so of course you move onto the other two potentials, the hub and subframe. Took the hub off as can be seen in first pic but with the angles of those mounting points it could be off a few degrees and I'd never know. It's weird though, with the catastrophic toe and camber of the original impact youd expect to look under and go "ahh there we go" yet even at chemix there was nothing that jumped out, arms look good, no stress Mark's..
And your right with the trailing arm but what people say is, if you have a knock then out of all the arms you're more than likely going to see the trailing arm buckle under any pressure as it's the least strongest.. having had it out the car I can see why, theres no weight or strength at all.. funny thing is though its perfectly straight against the other one I purchased. |
Hi fella, did the replacement wheel carrier solve the problem? And this may be of interest to you.
https://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum...nment-t567569/