Just in case there's any confusion between control arms and thrust arms, were the bushes you did on the arm pointing forward (at an angle inward) or the one going sideways to the chassis? My car (albeit old E53) gets severe 'brake' judder if the thrust arm front bushes (the forward-facing ones) are ...

Thanks that's an interesting idea. Are you thinking of any hydraulics firms in particular, or just look for a service centre near me? The metal ends & centre sections are likely to be generic sizes and barbs but probably bespoke pipe angles, so would expect a re-use is best, assuming the crimp ...

Hello Folks, My 2005 E53 3.0D Manual Sport appears to have a slow oozing leak from the PS pressure hose (BMW 32416764029), the one running from the rack input, across the rack and up to the reservoir. The leak is not at either end but where one of it's two flexi-sections has a crimp 'joint' half way ...

No worries, thanks for confirming.

is the Bluefin still available?

You're right in what you say about variations in tyre tread depth of a couple of mm, but what people are describing about differentials (could be side to side or front rear, which is the more complex and expensive I think) is roughly this; If one tyre is bigger than another side-to-side (for say a ...

I had the same, car sailed through MOT with no advisory, rear was still suspiciously jumpy over potholes, could never see / find or lever any play in the back suspension at all. Strip down revealed the outer lower rear wishbone balljoints both (1 each side) had about 1mm of free play in them once ...

Hello Folks, new here, but noticed that the issues you're discussing are common to any pressed bearing assembly. The easiest (and definite) way to damage the bearing during assembly is if the drift being used to press the new bearing in is touching or applying pressure to the wrong race. Key thing ...