6 Series Front End Shimmy & 6 Series Registry

Subject: 6 Series Front End Shimmy & 6 Series Registry
From: [email protected] (Stanley M. Soper)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:14:13
83 633CSi 150K miles.  Front Brake Rotors and Pads replaced at 97,000 miles.  
Rear brakes and front & rear shocks replaced at 119,00 miles.  Front end 
shimmy with moderate brake pressure between 60 to 40 MPH.  Most noticable 
when coming off Kansas Turnpike to toll both.  Local mechanic says its sounds 
like a wharped brake rotor.  From the BMW Enthusiast's Companion sounds more 
like a bad lower control arm bushing to me.  Interested it other opinions.  
If you replace the control arm bushings, do you have to have the front end 
re-alligned?  What other things should I look at, If that seems to be the 
area of concern.  Otherwise, the car performs and handles like a dream, other 
than the intermittent cruise control.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it 
doesn't.  I suspect a bad electrical contact somewhere, but don't have the 
foggiest idea of where to start or what to do.

In July I posted a message concerning the 6 Series Registry and Steve 
Haygood.  I received 11 messages from fellow 6 Serices Owners interested in a 
6 Series Digest and several who had similiar experiences with Steve.  I 
E:Mailed BMW CCA and received a reply that my concerns had bee passed on to 
the Vice President who oversees special registries and I should hear from 
Steve in reference to the Newsletter he had promised for the $22 I sent to 
join the Registry. Have not heard from Steve or BMW CCA since.

For all that E:Mailed a response to me, thanks. Sorry I have not replied 
personally. I am not in a position to take on a 6 Series Digest.  It does 
appear there are a few devoted 6 Series people on this one.  Have not had a 
chance to check out the 7 Series Digest, but maybe the answer is to tag on to 
them.  I could be wrong, but doesn't the 6 Serices also share a lot in common 
with the 5 Series?  I've always had the impression that it's somewhere 
inbetween a 5 and a 7, but with only two doors! 

  
STAN SOPER
[email protected]
83 633 Csi
BMW CCA# 121850
Topeka, Kansas