I had weird random shimmy would come and go for 20 months. I assumed it was lower control arms and already have replacement.

However when I was changing my CV axle and bearing I noticed a couple odd things:

1. After removing the axle from the hub noticed the hub had a ton of wobble (meaning bearing was no longer solid)

2. The brake pads on that side were far far more work than the other side.

3. After installing new bearing the steering wheel suddenly closer to straight

Soo: I'm pretty sure the bearing had play for a long time before it started to howl. I put the spare tire on to squelch the howl for a few months until finally enough stars aligned to get the part replaced. I expected and still may need to replace the control arms I should know today after I get my replacement replacement alternator hooked up (thankfully warranty and they let me change back to valeo after two Bosch units failed on me)

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)