BMW 330d E91 2005-2009

[brufferssprouts]

Ok. Background first.

Car was stolen from our house 3 months ago. Recovered 15 miles away after driven at speed over the worst sleeping policemen i've ever known. Fast enough to have ripped off the front bumper anyway!!

Car taken to the approved insurance repairer. Apparently the alignment was checked both before £8500 worth of repairs and after and it was fine!! Really??

anyway, the approved repairers is 40 miles away so i thought i'd take it to a local tyre shop to have the wheels aligned. Here are the results. The test was performed on a Supertracker 4 wheel laser alignment system.

 

Total toe (front)

Min +0.53

Max +3.55 actual reading before : +2.10 after +2.50

Camber Angle Front Left

Min -0Ëš17'

Max +0Ëš23' actual reading before : -0Ëš35' after -0Ëš35'

 

Camber Angle Front Right

Min -0Ëš17'

Max +0Ëš23' actual reading before :-0Ëš20 after -0Ëš20'

 

Partial Toe front left

before: +0.40 +1.20

Partial Toe front Right

before :+1.80 after +1.30

 

Set back

Before : +0Ëš2'

After : +0Ëš15'

 

Total Toe Rear

Min : +1.77

Max : +3.55

Actual before :+5.10

Actual after :+5.10

 

Rear Left Camber Angle

Min: -1Ëš35'

Max: -1Ëš05'

actual : before and after : -1Ëš20

 

Rear Right Camber Angle

Min: -1Ëš35'

Max: -1Ëš05'

actual : before and after : -1Ëš20

 

Left rear partial toe

Before : +2.90

After : +2.90

 

Right rear partial toe

Before : +2.30

After : +2.30

 

Set- back

Before : +0Ëš15'

After : +0Ëš15'

 

Thrust Angle

Before : +0Ëš00'

After : +0Ëš00'

 

Mmmmm! My thoughts entirely!!

Yes, the car still pulls to the left!

Any ideas of what i can do? I"me desperate to get the car back to normal. If i took it back to the insurance approved repairers - do i have an arguement that whatever has happened is probably due to when the car was stolen?

What do you guys think is the problem then? Will the fact that the rear total toe is out by that much have an effect on the car pulling to the left? Will the camber angle?

I haven't got a clue and would really like to go forearmed with the right information as i'm sure i will be expected to fight for what is right!!

Thanks in anticipation. I hope somebody can help

Dan

[Tony]

Hello and welcome to wim

 

Some questions

"Left rear partial toe"

Before : +2.90

After : +2.90

 

Right rear partial toe

Before : +2.30

After : +2.30

 

Is that 2 degrees 90' and 2 degrees 30'

 

Did they add weight into the car to pre-load the suspension.

 

And where's the data for the castor angle?

[brufferssprouts]

Hello and welcome to wim

 

Some questions

"Left rear partial toe"

Before : +2.90

After : +2.90

 

Right rear partial toe

Before : +2.30

After : +2.30

 

Is that 2 degrees 90' and 2 degrees 30'

 

Did they add weight into the car to pre-load the suspension.

 

And where's the data for the castor angle?

 

Hi. Thanks for the reply.

According to the printout its a decimal point not a degree?!

No weight was added to the car at all and there was no data recorded at all for the castor angle.

I have supplied all the data i recieved.

Sorry i cannot be of any further help!!

Cheers

Dan

[Tony]

Two things....

1: The people that acquire the data cannot offer the target position because of the way BMW measured it.... Long story, nevertheless the positions need to be validated by the tyre shop because the castor is the main criminal regarding a pull.

 

2: Has the front wishbone compliance bushings been checked, this is the doughnut bushing at the rear of the front wishbone.