E39 Metallic grinding OS wheel

[milescook]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E39-5-Ser ... 1247&rt=nc

What's this likely to be any ideas? I'm hugely tempted for a family barge - unfortunately I'm not in Cambridge anymore!!

[gooseygander110]

bearing or brakes maybe.....if your lucky, the back plate just touching the discs !!

[Simon13]

it won't be anything major

[DanThe]

Loads of these in the scrapyards to pluck your spares from

[milescook]

Thanks all!

[Brianmoooore]

If this was an E30, the first reply would be "check that a handbrake shoe retaining pin hasn't pulled through the backplate." The E39 design is very similar to an E30.

[milescook]

It's the front offside.

[DanThe]

Thinking about it I had exactly the same problem on mine, the brake back plate had fractured around the retaining bolt, and moved forward onto the disc. A couple of repair washers later and its good for another 20 years

[milescook]

Ta.its gone above what I can stretch to so I wont find out.lovely looking car would surely have been a bargain at that price

[DanThe]

It will go to around 1400 I reckon, the B30 is one of the best engines to have in these, especially when coupled to a manual box

[Brianmoooore]

It's the front offside.

So it is! My brain read rear the first time I looked at the ad!
As above, it'll be the aluminium backplate on the front hub, they corrode at the mounting points (why that funny small headed bolt??) and touch the rotating hub, making a racket out of all proportion to what you find when you investigate.
Aluminium penny washers provide a repair.

[Simon13]

the 3.0 autos are fast still so a manual one probably goes even better plus you might get a bit more economy out of it!

5 speed only these were?