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[Guest Mr Baldy]

Greetings to all, My name is Wayne and a proud owner of an X5 E53 auto sport. I previously owned an E46 touring which had the swirl flap bomb! so i learned the expensive way and the first thing i did when i got this X5 was to look at the swirl flaps lol. Into to bikes and currently work at Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.

[Bimmer Owners' Club]

Hi Wayne...welcome to the Forum

I don't blame you sorting the swirl flaps on the X5, its only usually a matter of time before they go!

Do you ride a Triumph as well as work on them?

Cheers   Trevor

[Guest Mr Baldy]

Hi Trevor, i don't have one at the moment and my last bike was a Harley. I am currently a team leader on the chassis line.

[Guest Mr Baldy]

just been told i need two new track rod ends and new caster bushes..... great. this should clear my braking judder above 60 mph....#justloveBMW

[Bimmer Owners' Club]

That's not too bad overall, rod ends and bushes shouldn't be too expensive and as you say at least it will improve the driveability.

Had Harleys too...going back to one soon I hope.

 

[Guest Mr Baldy]

mine was unreliable, but looked great and sounded amazing!

I have been told powerflex bushes are a bad choice and to stick with heavy duty bushes (castor bushes)???

[Bimmer Owners' Club]

Powerflex are okay if you want to use the car for the track but for everyday use , you'll feel every bump

[Guest Mr Baldy]

cheers. Stick to the heavy duty ones then, as the roads around here are !Removed!!

[Guest Mr Baldy]

How many active members do we have on this site?

[Bimmer Owners' Club]

It's increasing all the time, could do with some new moderators though (if you're interested) to try to encourage more dialogue as a lot of members don't really chat much on here

[Guest Mr Baldy]

sounds great!

i went to a BMW qualified mechanic, told him the concerns i had with the braking over 60 mph plus a bit of vibration, told him when i got the castor bushes changed before..... etc.

so i wanted 2 new track rod ends, 1 ball joint as the other was new, 2 new castor bushes well complete arms. He had the guts to quote me £550...... lol

no chance...#ripoff

[Bimmer Owners' Club]

Ouch!  big money for what I would class as regular maintenance parts and given the amount of after-market parts available at a reasonable cost.

[Guest Mr Baldy]

i have been thinking............... it does happen from time to time.

i might give Helga (the X5) to them,  see what they say. To find out if something else is not right so i don't waste the money.