m5james
11-19-2005, 05:14 PM
I can feel from a stop up to about 30MPH a bumping in the steering wheel, almost like if I was driving over a little turtle in the road, on just one side. It has also gotten worse now to where between 45-80MPH intermittently I can feel the WHOLE car shake to the point where the passenger seat moves in rhythm. I put the car up on ramp just now, all the suspension parts look fine, but I know it could probably use a rebuild with new bushings. One funny thing that I noticed though is that when grabbing the wheel on the passenger side and pushing in and out I can her a metallic ticking noise....wheel bearing maybe?
cody3
11-19-2005, 07:58 PM
...One funny thing that I noticed though is that when grabbing the wheel on the passenger side and pushing in and out I can her a metallic ticking noise....wheel bearing maybe?
That's what is sounds like to me...
m5james
11-19-2005, 11:54 PM
That's what is sounds like to me...
I am getting that feeling also :( I just looked on realoem.com, and comes to around $200 in parts.....any ideas on something cheaper? I'm gonna do a search to real quick as I think I have seen this done before :confused Thanks, keep the ideas/suggestions coming...
shogun
11-20-2005, 02:06 AM
http://www.autohausaz.com/search/groupx.aspx?sid=fgbul045n1wti245dgknrd45&makeid=800003@BMW&modelid=1303265@740IL&year=1998&cid=14@Brake%20%26%20Wheel%20Hub
m5james
11-20-2005, 02:16 AM
http://www.autohausaz.com/search/groupx.aspx?sid=fgbul045n1wti245dgknrd45&makeid=800003@BMW&modelid=1303265@740IL&year=1998&cid=14@Brake%20%26%20Wheel%20Hub
You are on all the boards ;) Thanks for the great link, that is even cheaper than the E-bay ones I found. You da man!!
m5james
11-22-2005, 05:44 PM
I guess there are two ways to look at this, either monetarily or time/convenience wise...but I found the problem. After heading to the local Les Schwab to have the tired rotated and balanced, I checked the car in the air for any strange noises, movement, etc....nothing. They started balancing the tires, and come to find out the right front had a bead seperation that hadn't turned into a bulge yet, but you could see the rubber cracking between the treads. Good thing this was caught, I can only imagine the damage a tire coming apart at speed would do to the car, wheel, etc. $500 later I have all new winter rubbers on the basketweaves, and no more wobble. Cost me more than the bearing job would have, but at least I didn't have to do the work. Thanks to all that helped, myself and others have definately gained some good knowledge about doing bearings if ever needed .:buttrock