Re: New List Member with question about E36 (325IS)

[Carl Scholz <scholz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg,

I just resolved this exact problem in my '93 325is (great car).  The 
short answer is I needed to replace the rear shocks.  When I 
accelerated and turned to the right hard (like pulling out from one 
street on to another), the right rear tire would get light.  If there 
was any kind of bump in the road, the tire wouldn't stay planted and 
would bounce due to the worn shock.  It didn't happen on the other 
side as the shock wasn't as worn there.  Also, while I was in there 
doing the shocks, I replaced the upper shock mounts which are known 
to wear and are pretty easy to replace.  The whole repair took me 
about 2 hours (taking my time and working in my gravel driveway). 
The process is described well enough in the Haynes book and on the 
web and there's a good little tech tip at the Bavarian Autosport page 
which is where I got some of the parts.  BTW, my car has a LSD which 
I believe exacerbates the shuddering in this situation.

Carl
'93 325is
'72 tii
BMW CCA #71504

At 5:00 AM +0000 8/6/02, bmw-digest wrote:
>Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:56:45 -0400
>From: "gbconnolly" <gbconnolly@domain.elided>
>Subject: New List Member with question about E36 (325IS)
>
>Hi,
>
>Greg Connolly here in Ottawa, Canada. I've been a member of the Alfa Digest
>for years and have found its list
>members to be very knowledgeable and helpful with any questions or problems
>that I have had. I'm hoping that
>this will be the case on this digest as well, as I've just helped my son pick
>up a nice '92 325is
>
>We had the car pre- inspected before the purchase and  everything in the
>drivetrain and all the mounts and
>bushings checked out as rock solid, which is what we expected as the car has
>always been dealer serviced
>and maintained. But we've noticed a violent shudder from the rear end that can
>be felt right through the whole
>chassis when accelerating hard in a right hand turn (haven't tried it turning
>left yet) Feels like you'd expect it to
>feel if you were tramping it on a washboard dirt road.Very disconcerting. We
>had it re-checked by the original
>mechanic and he couldn't fine a thing wrong. Any ideas?
>
>Greg: '81 Alfa GTV6 Track Car
>
>Son Chris: '92 BMW 325is ... he's a happy guy with his Bimmer ... :-)

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