What is/was broken on your E53 today?

[Crowz]

Oh Im sure it would handle better lower to the ground. My vette and 323i have about 1 to 2 inches tops ground clearance. I have to trailer them to the highway

1 inch lower on the X5 would be bad. 2 inches would high center it and it would be stuck. So every bit helps in my weird situation.

[mario4705]

whats broken on mine? i would say my X5 is safely parked at a salvage garage somewhere in CA, assuming it hasnt been shredded in 10,000 pieces haha.. still miss it to this day, miss that handeling

[andrewwynn]

Originally Posted by Crowz

1 inch lower on the X5 would be bad. 2 inches would high [hit?] center it and it would be stuck. So every bit helps in my weird situation.

I once got my van stuck on a rock in the middle of a dirt road. The differential "pumpkin" hit and lifted the rear wheels off the ground (solid axle).

I drove my x5 through some very deep ruts in sand and I steered towards the side to continuously climb up the wall to avoid bottoming out. X5 does have nearly miraculous traction but once the wheels are floating: "notsomuch"

[txjamesz]

Originally Posted by Crowz

Im officially tired of 2017. 2018 has to be better and needs to get here.

You have no idea. Or, better said, I am in full agreement.

[Crowz]

***doing the happy steering wheel stays put dance***

Fixed the automatic steering wheel moving

I posted a thread on it. This one was driving me flat nuts.

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by Crowz

New addon to the rear brake tip. Use or get a SHORT 7mm allen socket. The long one I bought at napa wouldn't clear the shock absorber thus pushing this project into the drama zone. No need for details but lets just leave it at I really wish the 7mm I bought was shorter.

Had the same problem myself. but I could get the socket in, just not when attached to the wrench. So, I grabbed the socket with vice grips. That did the trick.

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

Is your power steering full? Ever change the fluid? Wife's x5 moaned like crazy when it was cold outside. Fluid was low problem solved when I topped it off.

The gas pedal is almost identical to the old school volume knob of a stereo receiver. I think there are two parallel potentiometers for when one fails. If one fails and has an area of low or high resistance it will act just like you are saying "flat spot". It shouldn't be terribly expensive or difficult. I'm betting you can put an ohm meter on to verify




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Check the O ring on the reservoir as well. Mine was groaning as well. Opened it up and it had low fluid. also had a fine mist of fluid all over the housing. checked the o ring - hard as a rock. New o ring, no leak and no more groaning.

[andrewwynn]

That's awesome.


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[blakamin]

LHF door handle carrier arrived today. Will pull the door apart tomorrow.

And then probably pull the Mrs drivers door apart and replace the window clips that I've been meaning to do for a year.

[andrewwynn]

I have two doors that don't behave properly: drivers door will not reliably lock or unlock from the key fob, the left rear door will lock but not unlock from central lock but will lock. Anybody have experience with either of these. I just need to know if I need to replace parts or just clean and lubricate.


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