steering and suspension This Weekends Project

[rgiles675]

Should be fun! Looking forward to getting this done so she drives like a new car.

[rgiles675]

Should be fun! Looking forward to getting this done so she drives like a new car.

[BLUNT]

Going to make a huge difference. Are you doing trailing arm bushings also?

[rgiles675]

Going to make a huge difference. Are you doing trailing arm bushings also?

Yup I'll be calling you next week of course.

[BLUNT]

Inspect your rear soft brake lines. The time to do those if needed is when you drop the rear sub frame. So much easier than when in place

[zinz]

Ha!  It must be that time of year for suspension refresh!  I just posted about my front suspension rehab!  http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/169484-stuck-strut-and-a-big-shout-out-to-south-austins-vintage-bimmers/

 

Best of luck with the rebuild.  The big front bushing is a piece of cake... you don't need any special tools.  Just grease it up good and attach it to the torsion bar and pull it backwards into place. ...oops, I don't see that bushing in your pictures.  You may as well replace them, since you will already be there once you remove the lower control arms.  

 

Another tip?  When re-assembling the lower control arms? Raise the outboard section high to line up the torsion bar and the subframe bolt.  I struggled with mine not lining up until I did that.

 

Hope your ball joints were as easy as mine to remove... 

 

Ed Z

[rgiles675]

Ha!  It must be that time of year for suspension refresh!  I just posted about my front suspension rehab!  http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/169484-stuck-strut-and-a-big-shout-out-to-south-austins-vintage-bimmers/

 

Best of luck with the rebuild.  The big front bushing is a piece of cake... you don't need any special tools.  Just grease it up good and attach it to the torsion bar and pull it backwards into place. ...oops, I don't see that bushing in your pictures.  You may as well replace them, since you will already be there once you remove the lower control arms.  

 

Another tip?  When re-assembling the lower control arms? Raise the outboard section high to line up the torsion bar and the subframe bolt.  I struggled with mine not lining up until I did that.

 

Hope your ball joints were as easy as mine to remove... 

 

Ed Z

 

Hey Ed what bushing are you refering to? I will order it now!

[zinz]

Couldn't copy the pic...

 

It's #5 on RealOEM  http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=ST12-USA-06-1971-114-BMW-2002&diagId=31_0436

 

Ed

[rgiles675]

Couldn't copy the pic...

 

It's #5 on RealOEM  http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=ST12-USA-06-1971-114-BMW-2002&diagId=31_0436

 

Ed

 

Thanks a lot Ed! I just put an order in with Blunt!