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Originally Posted by IK6SPEED
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Originally Posted by AlpineX
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Originally Posted by IK6SPEED
So yes, a $3000 part is needed to replace a $20 belt on a steering rack.
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So tell them to do it. Costly repairs are a risk you sign up for if you want to drive newer expensive cars. Reman racks should be avail soon.
...Though I have a 0% chance believing you can't find and adapt a used rack out of UK or other rhd spec area for a fraction of that. Key would be knowing the collision it came from. |
I am confident that will eventually be done. However this will hopefully serve as a path for those who find themselves going down this pathway in the future.
I would also note the steering rack that has been on the car since it came out of the factory is not even listed among the 75+ variations associated with the F30 in realoem.com
In fact the sequence of the steering racks have no designation for any BMW models in realoem.
Obviously this deepens the mystery even more....and makes a replacement more questionable and not as straight forward as you suggest for a part that has to go air freight half way across the globe.
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=32106859302 or even the most recent in this sequence https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=32106868887 (see below) |
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Originally Posted by IK6SPEED
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Originally Posted by AlpineX
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Originally Posted by IK6SPEED
So yes, a $3000 part is needed to replace a $20 belt on a steering rack.
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So tell them to do it. Costly repairs are a risk you sign up for if you want to drive newer expensive cars. Reman racks should be avail soon.
...Though I have a 0% chance believing you can't find and adapt a used rack out of UK or other rhd spec area for a fraction of that. Key would be knowing the collision it came from. |
I am confident that will eventually be done. However this will hopefully serve as a path for those who find themselves going down this pathway in the future.
I would also note the steering rack that has been on the car since it came out of the factory is not even listed among the 75+ variations associated with the F30 in realoem.com
In fact the sequence of the steering racks have no designation for any BMW models in realoem.
Obviously this deepens the mystery even more....and makes a replacement more questionable and not as straight forward as you suggest for a part that has to go air freight half way across the globe.
https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=32106859302 or even the most recent in this sequence https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?q=32106868887 (see below) |
You need to order the latest version. they are all interchangeable. but the latest will have the latest yoke design. visually nothing has changed on these racks since circa 2010 when production started for prototypes were first made