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Clunk in the Trunk
I’ve done a physical/photo inspection with the X5 on jack stands and see no obvious broken or loose parts. The exhaust hangers are in good shape. I dropped the plastic panels that cover the fuel tanks and the tank straps are tight. The suspension bushings “look” good. But I know “looks” can be deceiving, especially with BMW bushings that can be fluid filled. But I’d like to eliminate the easy stuff first. So I’m thinking I’ll start by replacing the rear shocks, including the: 1- upper guide support - 33 52 6 776 557 2- lower guide support - 33 52 6 776 399 3 - bump stop - 33 53 6 6 773 236 4 - bump stop sleeve - 33 52 6 776 132 ????? https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...diagId=33_1378 But before I place the order, do you have any tips/tricks/recommendations? Thanks in Advance - Funf Dreisig |
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Maybe try disconnecting parts to see if it changes/eliminates the clunk? Just thinking out loud. Like the sway part ends; maybe the shock? wire it to the side... just to drive over a few bumps/downthe block
Also, the control arms take a massive pounding. Look carefully at each side, see if you can detect any variation in the bushings. |
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Your shock might be blown and the wheel is bouncing?
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Thanks ard & robnitro.
I did a pretty through visual inspection of all of the rear suspension bits on both sides. I even took close up flash photos with my iPhone for parts/angles I couldn’t easily reach/see. Both sides look the same. But the top of the shocks are hidden, where the upper and lower guide supports and bump stop fit up into the bump stop sleeve. So today I think I’ll start by removing the right rear shock to get to see if it or the guides etc. are obviously shot. Has anyone installed beefier shocks (e.g Bilstein Sports or Koni’s) on a E70 35d with stock 18 in wheels? Did you enjoy the results? Funf Dreisig |
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Koni fsd sound nice balance but I'm not sure if koni still have rusting issues.
There's a bilstein for non sport which is pretty close to oem they say. |
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No joy
I completely removed the right rear shock. There was no visible damage to either of the orange guide supports or bump stop and the shock had no “play”. I took it for a test drive over small bumps in our neighborhood. The noise was exactly the same without the shock as before. There is only one more suspension item that can be easily removed — the sway bar. I may try that this afternoon. But I’m leaning toward another possibility — the fuel filler hose that runs down the right side between the body and the plastic fender well. Real OEM shows that it is held in place with 2 brackets with plastic “nuts”. Maybe one of the nuts came off . So the filler tube is hanging loose and bangs into the body on bumps Has anyone had a problem with the filler tube coming loose? Funf Dreisig Tip: there is a 6mm hex socket in the end of the shock shaft to keep it from turning when installing the top nut. BUT.. there isn’t much room. So I partially removed the cargo bay tie down rail to get a standard allen wrench under it and into the end of the shock shaft. |
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If there's no change in noise with shock removed, that could be the issue. It should get louder in that corner without a shock to stop bouncing.
Shocks may feel stiff but internally be blown at high rebound/compression. Try swapping sides if it's easy. |
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The shocks could probably be swapped temporarily. But they have tabs to hold the brake lines that make them only fit correctly on one side. If I knew the clunk wasn’t a serious problem, I’d start replacing stuff, starting with the shocks, till the clunks went away. But I’m running out of time before we really need the X5 working well. I reinstalled the right shock and removed the rear sway bar completely. The clunks did not change on the test drive I got in the back with the seats down while my wife drove over the test bumps at 20 mph. The clunks are very distinct and occur in rapid succession: clunk or clunk-clunk, or clunk-clunk-clunk depending on the size of the bump (roughly 1-2in asphalt road patches). It really sounds like something is loose under the rear seats and bumps into the frame when we drive over the small bumps. I may take out the rear seat again to see if, by removing the styrofoam fuel pump covers, I can hear/localize the sound better. FWIW I didn’t try getting to the fuel tube because of the number of “break & replace” plastic fasteners. Funf Dreisig |
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You checked the subframe bushing?
My isht has a lot of clunks as well. I made a few adjustments to the hatch and I'm changing out the rear shocks next week. Not sure if it's really the shocks, but at 123k miles, I'm better off replacing it now then waiting til it completely breaks down... |
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These are photos of the four rear axle carrier bushings. The x5 was lifted with a service jack under the differential and lowered onto jack stands at the rear, side lift points. The service jack was left in position under the differential with no load for saftey.
In reviewing them, it looks like the axle carrier is very close to contacting the body on the left rear IMG_7646.jpg. Tomorrow I’ll check to see if this is still true when the X5 is not on the jack stands. Funf Dreisig |
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