Maryland/DC/Virginia Steering Rack Repair

croberts335i · 03-20-2020, 08:06 PM

Total forum noob here, so I apologize if this runs afoul of anything.

I have a 2012 335i that's exhibiting symptoms of a bad steering rack thrust piece (https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1603926).

Does anyone know of any shops a reasonable distance from DC that will perform the thrust piece replacement, as opposed to throwing out the whole rack? I've tried to call a few shops and ask if they'd even perform the repair, and they all say something to the effect of "well, we'd need to see the car first..."

I really want to know if they even have the capability to do so (since this requires some special tools) before I drop my car off for a few hundred dollars in diagnostics, only to be told "well we can't do the repair but we can put in a new rack for $2k".

Eschmacher · 03-23-2020, 10:00 AM

I had GTpeace replace the thrust piece on mine, turned out good. I was skeptical because the official process requires lots of special tools/procedures, but they did a good enough job that I don't think there would have been a substantial difference getting it done at a dealer something.

copafred87 · 03-23-2020, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by croberts335i

Total forum noob here, so I apologize if this runs afoul of anything.

I have a 2012 335i that's exhibiting symptoms of a bad steering rack thrust piece (https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1603926).

Does anyone know of any shops a reasonable distance from DC that will perform the thrust piece replacement, as opposed to throwing out the whole rack? I've tried to call a few shops and ask if they'd even perform the repair, and they all say something to the effect of "well, we'd need to see the car first..."

I really want to know if they even have the capability to do so (since this requires some special tools) before I drop my car off for a few hundred dollars in diagnostics, only to be told "well we can't do the repair but we can put in a new rack for $2k".

GT Peace Automotive does that repair. Shouldn't cost more than an hour of labor if you have the tool.

croberts335i · 03-31-2020, 10:20 AM

Thank you both for the great tip! I'll give them a call.

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croberts335i Registered 2 Rep 3 Posts Drives: 2012 BMW 335i (F30) sedan Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Bethesda, MD iTrader: (0)	Maryland/DC/Virginia Steering Rack Repair Total forum noob here, so I apologize if this runs afoul of anything. I have a 2012 335i that's exhibiting symptoms of a bad steering rack thrust piece (https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1603926). Does anyone know of any shops a reasonable distance from DC that will perform the thrust piece replacement, as opposed to throwing out the whole rack? I've tried to call a few shops and ask if they'd even perform the repair, and they all say something to the effect of "well, we'd need to see the car first..." I really want to know if they even have the capability to do so (since this requires some special tools) before I drop my car off for a few hundred dollars in diagnostics, only to be told "well we can't do the repair but we can put in a new rack for $2k".
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Eschmacher Car Hypochondriac 335 Rep 901 Posts Drives: 2014 335i M-Sport Estoril Blue Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Sterling, VA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2014 BMW 335i [0.00]	I had GTpeace replace the thrust piece on mine, turned out good. I was skeptical because the official process requires lots of special tools/procedures, but they did a good enough job that I don't think there would have been a substantial difference getting it done at a dealer something.
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croberts335i Registered 2 Rep 3 Posts Drives: 2012 BMW 335i (F30) sedan Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Bethesda, MD iTrader: (0)	Thank you both for the great tip! I'll give them a call.
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