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  2. Steering not returning to centre on my BMW e46. What causes it?

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    Posted

    Update.

     

    Changed the rack and steering is much tighter now so that is good and the steering is coming back to the centre more BUT still not perfect.

     

    I think the rest of the issue is probably geometry related so based on Tony's recommendations on this forum I have just booked the car in at:

     

    Nigel Lang's Garage

    164 Crook Street

    Bolton

    BL3 6AS

     

    Tel: 01204 392995

     

    tomorrow for a full geometry. I could obviously have gone to Drury Lane like I normally do but since Tony is recommending this place in Bolton it would be rude not to try them :D

  4. Steering not returning to centre on my BMW e46. What causes it?

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    Posted

    Hi guys,

     

    Hope you are well.

     

    My BMW e46 330D has felt loose and wondering for a while and the steering has been slow returning back to centre with a dead feeling in the centre.

     

    What is normally the cause of a car where the steering does not return to centre and just stays where it was last positions? My dads Honda Civic is suffering from the same problem actually.

     

    This week the car has had:

     

    New Shocks

    New Springs

    New Tie Rods

    New Track Rods

    New Front Wishbones with bushes

    as well as a new clutch, flywheel and slave bearing

     

    Car has Vredestein Ultra Sessanta Tyres all round.

     

    The car feels better with the improvements but still feels loose and I can turn the steering quite a large amount (almost a qtr turn) when travelling before the wheels do anything. We have had another look and are thinking steering rack is to blame. It does have some play and the car has done 106K miles. Obviously the geometry is all over the place too but since I have spent so much anyway I am thinking I may as well spend the extra and get a steering rack too and be done with it before I get the geometry setup again.

     

    Thinking of getting this one:

     

    http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...id=autobitz2007

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E46-3-SERIES-199...#ht_2382wt_1139

     

    I know in the steering column their is a U-joint that wears out but that was replaced about 2 years ago/20K miles so should still be fine but will be checked too.

     

    Any advice appreciated.

     

    Thanks

    Anees ;)

  6. Recommended Tyres for a 4 wheel drive Evo?

    in Tyres / Wheels

    Posted

    Right think I might take a slight (calculated risk!)

     

    I have noticed that the Michelin Pilot Sport PS3s are now out and are supposed to be as good as the PS2s in the dry (where they are already just ahead of the Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetrics) and much better in the wet.

     

    ps3vsps2.png

     

    I think they are worth a bet and I can't see them being a bad tyre - the PS2s are one of the highest rated tyres about but I can't find any reviews for the PS3 hence the slight risk.

  8. Recommended Tyres for a 4 wheel drive Evo?

    in Tyres / Wheels

    Posted

    Hi guys,

     

    Hope everyone is well. :lol:

     

    I have just bought an Evo after selling my S2000. :(

     

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    Info here (hope the link is ok):

    http://www.outlawjapclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2910

     

     

    The car at the moment has the standard Yokohama C-Drive 235/45/17 tyres on it.

     

    The front tyres on it are abit low and it needs a geometry doing too but I want to get the tyres changed first. I am looking to get a whole new set of tyres for the car. Now I have also joined the MLR (Evo owners club) and the owners on there are raving about Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetric tyres with lots of good reports. I am abit worried about this however because I know Tony doesn't rate them and my very bad experience with them on my BMW (and owners on the BMW club said they were good too) so I don't want to repeat the same mistake.

     

    Past thread:

    http://www.wheels-inmotion.co.uk/forum/ind...?showtopic=4185

     

    Saying that I had them on my S2000 and they were great.

     

    I personally have been impressed with the Vredestein Ultra Sessantas I have fitted on my BMW so I am tempted to just go for those.

     

    According to MLR Goodyear Assymetrics seem the No1 choice for most road user, with the Michelin PS2 a close second.

     

    Any advice appreciated.

     

    Thanks,

    Anees

  9. BMW Geometry again.

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    Posted

    Further update....

     

    FANTASTIC TYRES!!

     

    I have had:

     

    Dunlop Sport Maxx, Falken-FK452, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2, Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetrics and now these Vredesteins. I would rate them as the best tyres I've had so far. Just SO GRIPPY!!

     

    ;)

  10. BMW Geometry again.

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    Posted

    Right, new tyres were fitted yesterday.

     

    I can report: .....

     

    - Much better turn in! Car feels less "mushy" if you know what I mean and sharper.

    - Backend feels planted again - I pushed it to "some" miles an hour and backend was planted and not all over the place

    - Seems to be less bodyroll too (but it was wet so not pushing it yet)

     

    And this was in the wet!!

     

    Overall, considering the tyres still probably have there coating on them and will need a few hundered miles to bed in properly they are in instant improvement! In short I am confident that once the tyres bed in, my car is BACK :smile_anim:

     

    Much happier with the car now. The strange thing is my goodyears looks like new and the fronts (225/40/18) have only 7mm wear and the rears 6mm (255/35/18). Still hope to sell those. They are great tyres but just don't seem to suit my BMW.

  11. BMW Geometry again.

    in Geometry

    Posted

    Permission to be smug granted! :D

     

    Its not that I didn't believe your diagnosis from the start but I had Steve from Charlesworth, the mechanic I use normally from Auto-Serve and a few others said that they definetly didn't think it was the tyres at fault and I suppose I just went along with it.

     

    Fingers crossed we have success now.........

  12. BMW Geometry again.

    in Geometry

    Posted

    Bit of an update to this thread.

     

    I had my original BMW suspension put back on the car about a month ago and to be honest it didn't really make a massive difference. Like Tony said straight away, I am convinced it is the tyres now causing the problems.

     

    I was going to live with it, until the tyres wore down and replace them, but faith has forced my hand with a non repairable puncture on the rear tyres so I have bitten the bullet and gone for Verdestein Ultra Sessantas which I had on the Aristo before and were great and I also know Tony rates them and they are used by many happy BMW owners.

     

    I can sell the three remaining Goodyears - 6mm thread left on the fronts to hopefully get some of my money back.

     

    Hopefully when the Vredesteins are fitted I am finally happy :rolleyes: It also shows that Tony was correct from the start!!

     

    Thanks,

    Anees

  13. BMW Geometry again.

    in Geometry

    Posted

    I have been busy with other things so not made much progress with this, but a a further update.

     

    I emailed Eibach complaining about the excessive roll the car has at the front and after a delay they will not replace the front shocks, claiming that the reason the roll is so bad is because the obviously worn shocks on the rear are causing all the cars weight to transfer to the front when cornering which is why the car is rolling so much. They have accepted the rear shocks are faulty and have sent me a pair of rear shocks.

     

    I am quoting the email they sent me. Does it should feasible?

     

    Although the majority of roll control is determined by the springs and dampers, there is still a contribution from the damper. Given that the rear dampers are obviously defective and we can assume that they have experienced some damping force degradation, a greater sense of body roll is to be expected. It is important to remember that the car’s body is a very stiff structure and therefore capable of transferring load from rear to front very efficiently. Any reduction in roll stiffness experienced at the rear of the car will inevitably result in a greater roll moment being experienced at the front – the front is therefore experiencing a greater roll moment than usual and will therefore also display a greater roll angle.

     

    1. Spring rate (stiffness) does not degrade with use.

    2. ‘Stiff and Bouncy’, as a comment, also supports the theory that the springs are fine (Stiff) and that the damping force has degraded (Bouncy). Essentially, springs and ARB’s support the vehicles mass, provide compliance for sharp road inputs and determine the cars ultimate roll angle (i.e. when the compressed springs and wound up ARB forces equal the cars roll moment force). Damping will determine the rate or speed with which this roll angle is achieved. With this in mind, weak damping force will result in the ultimate roll angle being achieved more quickly than with firmer damping, thus resulting in a perceived ‘feeling’ of greater roll but in actual fact the ultimate roll angle is the

  14. Honda S2000 Geometry Advice

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    Posted

    Sorry guys, been away for a while in Germany and also recently got married so not had the chance to post up, but the car handled superbly on the Nurburgring and was a pleasure to drive all the way through France, Belgum, Holland and Germany.

     

    THANK YOU TONY :thumbsup_anim:

     

    A job well done. I'll post some pics up of the trip and the car around the ring as soon as I get chance :rolleyes:

  16. Honda S2000 Geometry Advice

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    Posted

    Nice one Anees, i was lovely to finally have a chance to talk, it's amazing we have known each other for years and years online through the various clubs but never really spoken in real life.

     

    That is so true...........at least I know your a real person now and not a figment of my imagination. :huh: LOL

     

    PS I doubt I'll be going nutter at the Ring........but never say never......I might enjoy it!

  17. Honda S2000 Geometry Advice

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    Posted

    Have a safe trip mate although you won't read this till you're back! :)

     

    Thanks mate :(

    It was a decent trip. Went on the M6 Toll when arriving and followed the M1 all the way when coming back. M1 was pretty busy on the way back with laods of roadworks but not too bad overall. ;)

  18. Honda S2000 Geometry Advice

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    Posted

    Hi guys,

     

    Just wanted to thank Tony for his great work today. It was great to finally properly talk to some one I have "known" (online) for over 5 years! I did meet Tony at the LOC WIM meet but that was only brief.

     

    It was great to see the master at work and I quite enjoyed the trip too - some patches of decent weather meant I could have the roof down and Chesham has some nice roads but I was under orders to take it easy so I did! :)

     

    Tony applied a custom setup and the car is behaving exactly like he predicted so far. Steering is a touch lighter but more responsive at lower speeds yet planted and stable at higher speeds. The backend jumpiness/looseness where the car would skip over bumps is far better too. I've not really pushed the car into any bends yet since I am taking it easy and learning how the "new car" behaves.

     

    Cheers Tony............ :(

     

    Anees

  19. Honda S2000 Geometry Advice

    in Geometry

    Posted

    Hi Tony,

     

    Hope you are well.

     

    Carrying on from my thread about the Honda S2000 geometry I will make some time to come and see you. I finish work next week on the 17th July and I am off to the LOC Nurburgring trip on the 23rd July so could you please book me in for Monday 20th July?

     

    I am not sure which time is best, but it will take me around 3.5 hours to get to you so I was thinking maybe if I setoff at 6am I should get to you by 9 - 10am depending on traffic.

     

    Let me know what you think!

     

    Cheers,

    Anees B)

     

    Let's go for it 10am'ish on the 20th :)

     

    YAY! Sounds good.

     

    My front braces, rear brace should all have arrived and been fitted by then so will be a good time to setup geometry :o

     

    Can't believe I actually get to see the master at work! ;)

     

    I'll have me hair cut and clean shaven :)

     

    Setting off shortly :D

  24. Honda S2000 Geometry Advice

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    Posted

    I am going on the LOC Nurburgring trip on the 23rd July so obviously I need the car "right" before then. With what I hear about the s2000 I think its probably best if I make the effort to get down to WIM (3h 30mins away) so that I am sure the car car is setup as best as possible before the trip :o

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