Spring seating

[Sharpy1975]

Hey all you Z4 pros

So had Z4 in for BMW to redo wheel alignment. They refused due to springs not sitting right......Should they sit snug to stop, or is a gap normal? mentioned end of clip below.

Vehicle Health Check for AP53HUK: https://video.citnow.com/vtBnXQqRQ9S

Cheers all
Sharpy.

 

[bigwinn]

Wow that’s pedantic?

 

[Sharpy1975]

Yeah.....i know. Are they correct tho?

 

[Sharpy1975]

Spoke to my mechanic and he said should be able to jack car up, compress spring and move it.

 

[bigwinn]

I agree with your mechanic

In the past I’ve moved springs round by hand if not sat in the right place

 

[TriggerFish]

https://z4-forum.com/attachments/1777306376408-png.293540/

Enuffzed posted this the other day, implying you need a space larger than what you have already

 

[Sharpy1975]

that is even more confusing now.....

 

[enuff_zed]

https://z4-forum.com/attachments/1777306376408-png.293540/

Enuffzed posted this the other day, implying you need a space larger than what you have already

Yup, I'd suggest heading to a garage that understand, or at least show them the extract from NewTIS I posted.

 

[enuff_zed]

Yup, I'd suggest heading to a garage that understand, or at least show them the extract from NewTIS I posted.

Just noticed that it is Sytner! No surprise there then. Be interesting to show them the extract from what is, in effect, their own workshop manual.

 

[enuff_zed]

If you do go back and show them the info, please video their faces.

 

[Sharpy1975]

if some one could post a picture of there's, or do I just go by TIS guide....which shows my right top spring needs to he flush against the stop. So that one is wrong.

 

[enuff_zed]

if some one could post a picture of there's, or do I just go by TIS guide....which shows my right top spring needs to he flush against the stop. So that one is wrong.

Go by TIS. Get the tops flush and if you are using the old rubber seats you should see the marks to align the bottoms to where the old ones were.

 

[Sharpy1975]

Cheers. Unfortunately I put new rubber pads in when they were installed. I will certainly get the driver side top flush(check passenger side). I do remember the springs looking sitting similar at the bottom before shock change.