The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 506 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: E28 Ignition Switch Replacement Re: Tire pressure? Check. Oil level? Check. Lug bolts?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:49:19 -0400 From: "Steve Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: E28 Ignition Switch Replacement Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a 1983 533i that definitely needs a new ignition switch. Purchased same, followed the steps in Bentley's on testing (it failed the continuity test) and replacing switch. Unfortunately, as I get to the step of replacing, there does not seem to be enough clearance between the top steering column cover and the switch to remove the old one! Successfully removed the tiny screw that holds the switch in place, but pulling the switch out of the back side of the steering wheel lock is hindered by clearance with the top steering column cover. I am certain that I am not the first person to have this problem - I was wondering if there were others on this thread that may have had suggestions! Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for your help! -- Steve Pick Only Two: Fast - Good or Cheap http://www.mediadude.com http://del.icio.us/mediadude ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:25:38 -0700 From: "Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "'Gary Derian'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Tire pressure? Check. Oil level? Check. Lug bolts? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gary wrote: >This is why reliance on torque only is a bad thing. Torque, bolt turns, >torque vs. angle and other things are very important to establish a proper >clamp load. The lug should turn the appropriate number of turns, then >torque vs angle curve should be very steep. Any bolt that mushes into >torque indicates a suspicious joint. I have direct experience with the 'mushy' feeling. A couple of years ago at Willow Springs my wife was checking torque on the race car wheels and said: "this one doesn't feel right". I checked it and 'sproing!', off came the stud and lug nut. Doh! Studs had fatigued so a quick change was in order. The suspect stud had torqued up just fine but it had that 'mushy' feeling which saved me (along with my wife's willingness to a: torque wheels and b: say something when things didn't feel right) from possible disaster (this was a LF wheel stud) as Willow Springs has some very fast, high-g right hand corners... Cheers, Kirk Lachman Sin City Chapter '95 M3 #21 I-stock ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(2 messages) **********
