Interesting. If that happened to me I probably would have attempted to put a threaded bar all the way through with a giant nut in the trunk space. Probably would have been enough for a quick fix.
Nice job as always. Looks like a very extensive (read expensive) repair. I think I would have been punting the car on once I’d realised the seriousness given its ‘only’ a 330. It’s been nice to see just how over engineered my 330d is compared to E46’s so will never suffer the cracking issue. I fitted some powerflex inserts into my subframe bushings a couple of years ago. I used a gopro to film how much the subframe moves under load...... it’s quite alarming just how much the standard bushings flex so I’m not surprised the bolt pulled the threads out if it wasn’t tight. I think I’ll be re torquing mine today 😂
*update* I said in another comment how I was going to check the torques of the subframe mounts. Thank you to Redish for highlighting this to me. Three of them weren’t fully tight. They weren’t loose but took a turn to get them up to 108nm. It’s a 2 minute job to check them guys so grab your torque wrenches and give them a click, especially if you’ve ever had the bolts out for any reason.
No. He explained at the start why they are having to do this repair and just how well engineered the subframe mounting is compared to the E46’s. BMW learnt their lesson.
Why just not to extend the thread diameter instead of all these welding works?
Great job quality workmanship!!!! So hard to find these days!!!!!
Interesting. If that happened to me I probably would have attempted to put a threaded bar all the way through with a giant nut in the trunk space. Probably would have been enough for a quick fix.
Nice job as always. Looks like a very extensive (read expensive) repair. I think I would have been punting the car on once I’d realised the seriousness given its ‘only’ a 330. It’s been nice to see just how over engineered my 330d is compared to E46’s so will never suffer the cracking issue.
I fitted some powerflex inserts into my subframe bushings a couple of years ago. I used a gopro to film how much the subframe moves under load...... it’s quite alarming just how much the standard bushings flex so I’m not surprised the bolt pulled the threads out if it wasn’t tight.
I think I’ll be re torquing mine today 😂
Did you allow for the missing carrier panel?
*update* I said in another comment how I was going to check the torques of the subframe mounts. Thank you to Redish for highlighting this to me. Three of them weren’t fully tight. They weren’t loose but took a turn to get them up to 108nm. It’s a 2 minute job to check them guys so grab your torque wrenches and give them a click, especially if you’ve ever had the bolts out for any reason.
Great job, Did you consider getting threaded receiver from breaking car?
Great job! Do you know the ral color of the ecoat used on BMW? Im carying out small work on my 2010 f10 inspired by your videos! Thanks
Great work.
great job! give us some of your playlists:D
😂 I was thinking that, what’s the first track playing?
Nicely done 👍
Are the E92's starting to crack as well?
No. He explained at the start why they are having to do this repair and just how well engineered the subframe mounting is compared to the E46’s. BMW learnt their lesson.
German engineering
listen to the beginning! Its not due to an inadequate construction...
Oooooh god! the same atrocious music..... WHYYYYY!!!
kuruption1983 - My guess is he grew up in the '90's - that's what we listened to back then!