Those Dreaded SEALS-Do the Felt Ones Work? (archive)

At the risk of awaking the dead I have to bring up this dreaded subject 'cause I'm going in for warrenty work w/45k miles and may be my last chance to address this one. After reading archives etc it seems new seals (felt or otherwise)seem to fix for a while but don't always correct the problem permanently. So here's the question -

IS IT WORTH THE FIGHT?

Do the felt ones (I think these are the "updated type") really work? Will I have to fight the dealer (in MD) for this, or is it pretty much a given. Will removing and replacing with the Felt ones cause other problems like wind noise or other things related to disassembly/reassembly problems.

All feedback greatly appreciated!

Mark

97 540/6

Follow Ups:

My felts are on order from Pacificbmw Gary Ray 00:02 3/26/2001 (0)
You don't put Kent on felt do you? EricS 23:42 3/25/2001 (0)
Same problem :-( Tyrone 23:02 3/25/2001 (1)
- If you don't have new seals, get them. NY2OCJeff 23:15 3/25/2001 (0)
I just got the new seals four days ago. . . . NY2OCJeff 21:08 3/25/2001 (0)
Re: SEALS-Do the Felt Ones Work? No, but there is Don 20:55 3/25/2001 (0)

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