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90 535iM alignment/suspension problem (archive)
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Posted by Guoming on October 22, 2000 at 01:54:44:

Hi-
Just got my car back from a local alignment store. The following camber/Toe reading worried me:

Left Front Right Front
Actual|Specified Range Actual|Specified Range
1.0degree -0.72~0.08 camber -0.3 -0.72~0.08
7.1degree 7.38~8.38 caster 7.3 7.38~8.38
0.11degree 0.11~0.19 toe 0.13 0.11~0.19

Too much cross camber and the car pulls leftwards, but not too serious.

Left Rear Right Rear
Actual Actual Specified Range
-0.5degree -1.3Degree -2.83~-1.83 Camber
-0.02Degree 0.22degree 0.09~0.21 Toe


The tires are new. I wonder the alignment problem is caused by worn suspension.

The front camber can be tuned by replacing some bushing by 0.5 degree, but even after this it is still out of specified range.

The rear camber is also not in good status. One thing I need to mention is that when doing alignment the gas tank is only about 1/4~1/3 full while BMW requires 100% full.

Any thought?

BTW, replacing tires does remove vibration over 90mph.

Thanks!

Guoming


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