01-10-2015, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: SA, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David.X5
Sounds like you have the frozen up joints in the steering column. It is a very common failure in x5 and land rovers. External lubrication does very little. I tried all the suggestions - sprayed different stuff, hit it with hammer to loosen it up, etc. nothing worked except replacing the part. It is fairly pricey.
There are some pictures here - http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...nt-photos.html |
Learn something new here all the time...
BTW... I want that aero package. What is that?
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