Steering shake on 525

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Steve-E30
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Post Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:54 pm

Mates got a shake on the steering wheel at about 60mph .
Its a 1995 e34 525 diesel
Its had wheels balanced and had the tracking done
Bearings are fine
Any ideas guys as were stumped :?
320ise
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Post Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:55 pm

sounds like the upper control arms, if you brake at 65 and it shakes really bad then i would guess there shot! very common also check all the steering links for play there is a total of 11 arms/link rods and can be a pain to pin point the shimmy but normaly it is the upper set of arms, a good mod is to get 750i control arms bushings pressed in as its cheap and there a hell of a lot stronger. hope this helps you out.
town325i
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Post Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:40 pm

also cheak the rear sub frame bushes they play havoc with the car when they are gone
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