View Poll Results: Does your E34 shake at any particular speed?

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  • YES! (shakes at highway speeds, or at some other speed)

    191 69.20%
  • NO! (smooth like glass at ANY speed)

    85 30.80%
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Thread: "The E34 Shakes" Poll

  1. #26
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    my tire pressure is low, now it shakes at 60mph
    Emotion based ignorance.

  2. #27
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    55MPH shimmy. Already changed bushings. I need to tear the front suspension down (again) and rebuild anyway. It's been about 100k.

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    So only 1/4th of all E34s on this enthusiast board don't shake?

    Wow, I can't imagine the regular people out there who aren't enthusiasts, must be 99% shakes with those guys....

    How did BMW not get sued over such a design...

  4. #29
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    ^

    The newest E34 is twelve and a half year old. Shaking is expected. I didn't fix mine sooner because it drives flawlessly under 88 MPH and there is no highway in Bloomington so...
    -Denton

  5. #30
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    slight shake that comes and goes from 85 to 90 mph


  6. #31
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    Mine shakes from 1-130 mph. It just shakes. Don't know why and there's no pattern. Sometimes the engine shakes sometimes its the suspension sometimes it's the brakes and sometimes it just shakes like the worlds going to end. But now that I have straight pipes it feels more natural
    8 Bmws later I end up with a Lexus




  7. #32
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    shakes terrible at 55-60 but im pretty sure thats my wheels, 2 of 'em aren't perfectly round.
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  8. #33
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    95' 530i, 90' 500SL
    it was shaking really bad at 55mph. then i put new tires and balanced them, then it was practically gone. lowered the car and now its has a small shimmy at 50mph. i need to replace the struts and do an allignment and hopefully it will be gone. thats why i drive faster than 60mph these days

  9. #34
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    Damn!!!..poll results are...
    F*CK

  10. #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by n2ozebozz View Post
    Damn!!!..poll results are...
    I knew it was a problem, but the amount of vibrating E34's is staggering.


  11. #36
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    1990 535iM

    very, very subtle vibration around 100kms/h. goes away at around 120kms and get more noticable when braking between 100 and 80

  12. #37
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    Mine shakes/vibrates around 80-90mph is when its most noticeable.....Most likely tire balance. At least I hope.....

  13. #38
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    minor shakes at certain highway speeds
    no shakes/vibrations during braking that I've ever noticed...

  14. #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4500 RPM View Post
    ^

    The newest E34 is twelve and a half year old. Shaking is expected. I didn't fix mine sooner because it drives flawlessly under 88 MPH and there is no highway in Bloomington so...
    Valid point but...

    Take any other car of the same age, and no shakes... Just these... E28/E34/E32/E31, basically anything with the thrust arm design.

    Just something I noticed.

  15. #40
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    Quote Originally Posted by zubbie View Post
    driveshaft is not perfectly aligned. Serves me right for being lazy when installing the new shaft.
    You all....testicles! and no shaft! where's ya shaft robert!?




    Aaaaaand a poochie!





    You got bad credit robert.
    It's MAF'd.

  16. #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by E34Mekanik View Post
    You all....testicles! and no shaft! where's ya shaft robert!?




    Aaaaaand a poochie!





    You got bad credit robert.
    Hello drugs

  17. #42
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    looking forward to replacing the front bushing to get rid of my wobble at 55 before the bmw DE in a month. can't be on the track focusing on all that with any kind of wobbles, no sir.

  18. #43
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    90 535i.SOLD.96 328i RIP
    had the 55 mph shimmy and shimmy while braking

    replaced upper and lower control arms and bushings in June, shimmyless now

  19. #44
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    Quote Originally Posted by thefirstrule View Post
    Valid point but...

    Take any other car of the same age, and no shakes... Just these... E28/E34/E32/E31, basically anything with the thrust arm design.

    Just something I noticed.
    I have come to the conclusion that this design is poor because, when you brake all the force of braking is concentrated on one spot of the bushing. I have brake shimmy, right now. And im planning on pressing in new bushings pretty soon.
    "Health is merely the slowest form of death."

  20. #45
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    Quote Originally Posted by tonyroc14 View Post
    I have come to the conclusion that this design is poor because, when you brake all the force of braking is concentrated on one spot of the bushing. I have brake shimmy, right now. And im planning on pressing in new bushings pretty soon.
    Agreed.

    Anyone try any sort of solid bushing, maybe delrin or poly, or something?

  21. #46
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    2006 530i/6 sport, Auf wiedersehen E34
    no shake at any speeds. I didn't know I was this lucky!

  22. #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by thefirstrule View Post
    Agreed.

    Anyone try any sort of solid bushing, maybe delrin or poly, or something?
    I have poly bushings in my car. I get the brake shimmy still. I have to rebuild the front end anyway because it started shaking not too long ago. I installed the poly bushings as well as changed out a lot of things 80k miles ago so its due again anyway.

    95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95

  23. #48
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    with the oem wheels Mine doesn't shake at all. smooth as could be. Now with the 18's it shakes at 55 and 85mph. kind of a wobble.

  24. #49
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    Heavy shaking under brakeing, any speed over 70kmph

    Slight shake at 100-110 kmph

    Getting it sorted next week in my week off hopefully

  25. #50
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    shudder

    I have a shudder when braking at 50-40 mph. Ground the rotors but it came back.

    I replaced every component in the front end.

    I do not understand the front end. If you raise the car so that one front tire is in the air you can move it side to side so much it is scary....

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