 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  06-13-2008, 08:06 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |  Check your rear springs!
About a year and a half ago (@ 145,000 miles) I had a little "pig tail" section break off my rear spring. I never would have noticed it if I wasn't inspecting the rear suspension while swapping on winter tires. So I got a little lazy and never got around to replacing it. Hey the car drove and sat just fine  Here's what it looked like.  Now just yesterday a bigger section snapped off at 168,000 miles. It certainly does NOT drive or sit normally now!  What I'm getting at is, check your rear springs for little broken pieces! Like I mentioned, the little piece that broke off was completely unnoticeable, but may have lead to more severe spring failure. |  |  | | 06-13-2008, 08:13 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
good idea!
hopefully you can find a set for cheap. __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 06-13-2008, 08:29 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
I ended up just buying a pair from the dealer! I normally wouldn't, but I needed them absolutely ASAP. | | | | | 06-14-2008, 02:06 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Erie Pa Posts: 161 |
should have said something!
I just bought josh's sport springs so
now i just have an extra stock set laying around! | | | | | 06-14-2008, 02:31 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Calgary/Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 379 |
+1 to checking your springs. Apparently, this is a very common wear problem for E36 springs. | | | | | 06-17-2008, 12:03 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
Got my springs from the dealer and upon installation found the broken spring took out the CV boot  If anyone is curious, the part number on the rear spring set is: 33 53 9 066 887 and they have dabs of silver paint on them. 3/96 build, automatic transmission, sports suspension. | | | | | 06-17-2008, 12:22 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: back in PA Posts: 204 |
| | | | | 06-17-2008, 01:33 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
That first pic looks like something else . . .
My rears went too, something like a year and a half ago. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 06-22-2008, 09:26 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Calgary/Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 379 |
^^^ Haha, nice. __________________ http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...ignature-2.jpg
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Mine did that in the rear. I swear My rear looks higher now that I replaced the rear spring with lowering springs | | | | |
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