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    Posted: 22-February-2008 at 08:52
a couple of time now i have been exitting roundabouts and opening up and the rear has stepped out on me, relatively easily with not a lot of power on - tyres look ok. could it be greasy roads, it has been very dry here with lots of salt and now its damp drizzle - any ideas?
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Could be greasy roads.

How are your rear beam bushes? How are your rear shocks?

Check you tyre pressures.

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i have got a noise from the shock at that side so maybe its knacked!

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In that case check top mounts, shock, roll bar bushes, TA bushes and rear beam bushes. 

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ok ta mate
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deffo something wrong - its like a rear stearer on the way home

i'm suspecting some bushes......somewhere. get it jacked up tomorrow and check
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Originally posted by Hoover Hoover wrote:

deffo something wrong -

Check the cheap stuff first .... but when was your diff oil last changed?

The LSD doesn't work if it's like treacle - don't ask me how I know.

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cant find owt wrong boys...well not much. had IT (simon!) up in the air, wheels off springs out, bars in for leverage..not a lot

 

tyres are sha**ed!, diff seems to be working i think. if you hold one wheel, you can turn the other with some resistance ie with the wheel on you can turn it, but can't quite turn the disk with the wheel off?
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Originally posted by Hoover Hoover wrote:

diff seems to be working i think. if you hold one wheel, you can turn the other with some resistance ie with the wheel on you can turn it, but can't quite turn the disk with the wheel off?

Mine passed this test as well - and then tried to kill me

Do you know when the oil was checked/changed?

It's not expensive - as you've found nothing else, it's worth a look

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yeah youre right - havnt a clue when it was last done mate, it may have soup in there. i'll change it.

 

was yours noticably better after, what did you put in?
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was yours noticably better after,

well it worked again, and didn't lock up as I left roundabouts - so didn't try and chuck me into the barriers anymore

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what did you put in?
sorry, no idea - I got my favourite (from where I bought it) indie to do it

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ta buddy trip to halfords in the morning mate see if they have any silko!
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You need to use Castrol SAF-XJ Diff Oil.
( I can't remember why, you just Do!)
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ok ta mate
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there is oil suitable for LSD and there is oil NOT! It will ruin your clutch packs if you use the wrong oil.
Read the label carefully, if it doesn't explicit say for LSD don't use it.
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ok ta, by the way i am confused...(doesnt take much)....oil man said 75W-90 and the silkolene synt5 is that and is suitable for the LSD..BUT the castrol SAF XJ is 75W 140...what weight should it have

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Originally posted by Hoover Hoover wrote:

cant find owt wrong boys...well not much. had IT (simon!) up in the air, wheels off springs out, bars in for leverage..not a lot

 

tyres are sha**ed!,

Something tells me this will be the problem....... taking into account that they are the only thing 'holding' you and your car to the road.

 

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Originally posted by Hoover Hoover wrote:

ok ta, by the way i am confused...(doesnt take much)....oil man said 75W-90 and the silkolene synt5 is that and is suitable for the LSD..BUT the castrol SAF XJ is 75W 140...what weight should it have

Use SAF-XJ, it's what BMW recommend, and use ( at my local dealer, anyway). 

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Originally posted by Hoover Hoover wrote:

cant find owt wrong boys...well not much. had IT (simon!) up in the air, wheels off springs out, bars in for leverage..not a lot

 

tyres are sha**ed!,

Something tells me this will be the problem....... taking into account that they are the only thing 'holding' you and your car to the road.

 

 

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