Holy crap, too much camber.. disaster avoided!

[Doru]

Originally Posted by dpgx5

I read your post very carefully... you need to watch the video as he explains that when you go to move the wheel 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock, then 6 o'clock and 12 o'clock, there is pressure on the knuckle that you will not be able to diagnose. (read your post again - I meant it for this, not for releasing the air out btw)

With that said - patrickkc "Great video! I will definitely show the mechanics at the garage" mentions that he was going to his mechanic at the garage, not at home.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and so is this video.
Different strokes for different folks! Cheers.

And you didn't listen carefully what the guy said - check at the 3:55 mark and on: "the knuckle is pressed down by the air suspension...and you relieve that pressure with the jack...". That's exactly what you do when you deflate the air suspension.
As you said: different strokes for different folks.

[Helihover]

Very informative video.

I have a question though, why is it that every BMW I see or have seen exhibits some negitive rear camber? I've even heard some say that a Bimmer will not handle correctly if there were 0 camber on the rear. Then there is talk about alignment. What is the correct camber for an X5 out back? If it is anything but zero, then there will be uneven wear. So is uneven tire wear on Bimmer rear tires normal?

[dpgx5]

Originally Posted by Helihover

Very informative video.

I have a question though, why is it that every BMW I see or have seen exhibits some negitive rear camber? I've even heard some say that a Bimmer will not handle correctly if there were 0 camber on the rear. Then there is talk about alignment. What is the correct camber for an X5 out back? If it is anything but zero, then there will be uneven wear. So is uneven tire wear on Bimmer rear tires normal?

I think its negative -1.5 on the rear; what happens is that when the upper arm & or ball joint fail, the camber gets even more negative, so when someone keeps driving around and doing what they do, its not something that goes to someone's mind until they look at the rear tires and say... Whoa, my tires inner edges are gone... this is were we end up asking... why?

Most people don't do alignments until they replace tires OR change suspension, so until then... the tires take a beating.

[dpgx5]

Originally Posted by Doru

And you didn't listen carefully what the guy said - check at the 3:55 mark and on: "the knuckle is pressed down by the air suspension...and you relieve that pressure with the jack...". That's exactly what you do when you deflate the air suspension.
As you said: different strokes for different folks.

I listened very carefully... read and follow what you write and what you're saying. The awesome video from VAC (that I posed) mentions that there is a trick to diagnose without deflating the air out of the rear suspension.

im not questioning how you deflate the air system: As your other post said (read again; when you go to move the wheel 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock, then 6 o'clock and 12 o'clock) - your expert advice on moving the wheel does NOT work WITHOUT releasing the air OR doing this trick... please... don't reply back and ruin the thread...