BMW E36 323is Rear Trailing Arm Bushing Failure

[millakilla]

Mine are bad too, I get real bad wheel hop under any kind of moderate acceleration.. I'm changing out my bushings on either sunday or monday though so hopefully it wont be an issue for much longer.

[Lisa281977]

Thanks for this video, just bought an E36 98 and been trying to figure out why the back end lurches horriby when it hits a small pot hole, pretty sure this is why , thanks

[thethoroughbred]

Oh shit. I have exactly the same problem. I have had it for around a year. It first starts with a sharp grinding sound when steering sharply at very slow speeds. Like pulling out of a parking spot or the driveway. Then the grinding goes away, and there is more play, and you end up with rear wheel steering.

[bitcoredotorg]

The problem really only happens under hard acceleration or low speed (<10mph) turning. I swerve side-to-side and you can see the bushing oscillate just a bit, but not much. It's kind of a pain to replace, and you can find a DIY at bimmerforums, search for RTAB DIY.

[smoky2004]

Hiya can someone please tell me if taking the fuel tank off a E36 is as hard as I have been told - apparently about 3 hours just to take off? Thanks

[abro163]

Hi, did you have any problems shifting gear smoothly with the rubber loading up or anything like that. More noticeable when going from 1st->2nd, its the problem I am having. Thx

[bitcoredotorg]

No, unfortunately I have an autotragic transmission. I don't suspect it will affect shifting much at all, if you have having problems with 1st to 2nd under hard acel, check your transmission mounts.

[mrbennnn]

Hey man, thanks for your video, hopefully this helps me a lot. Heard about bushings being common to completely give up at this age.

I have a 1998 323i that make's a pretty loud knocking noise and slips to the left or right when you hit a drain for example, and now it's started to snake at high speed on slightly slippy roads (not like it did when driving like a dick before =P)

Heard this might be the symptoms, wondering if you could shed some light?

Cheers sir

[julian320i]

had 2 bmw e36's with same problems in both,

[mr4o8]

Hey i have a 325i 92' and its knocks really hard when i shift at high speeds maybe due to weight dist. could that be a rear bushing problem? or a pressure plate prob? high speed shit i push the clutch in and then it knocks any help?

[bitcoredotorg]

I doubt it has anything to do with the RTABs, or rear control arm bushings.

I'd check: 1) your drive shaft guibo (you'd usually have a bad vibration if it's bad enough to thunk loudly) 2) your rear sub frame mounting points.

The early 3 series subframe mounts can *tear* usually front passenger bolt first, letting the diff carrier torque & move around and costing a ton of money to drop the whole subframe so you can re-weld it all back together. Get that checked *soon*!

[trackpig]

nice work

[bitcoredotorg]

Thanks, I was really just having fun with my webcam without regard to it's safety.

I think one of these days I'm going to cram it somewhere in the engine bay with a flashlight to see how badly my engine judders from 2K-3Krpm under hard acceleration...

[Stanislavusa]

Good video man. Informative.