[BimmerGuyFL]

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[theclay]

Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL

please all check on your E46 this for me

OK, sloooow down. First of all, this is E90 post. Secondly, methamphetamines are bad for you.

[BimmerGuyFL]

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[Speedy E90]

Well Bimmerguy...this is a E90 forum. Meaning a forum catering towards people that own 2006 3 series. Now you have a E46 bodystyle, which is not the same thing as E90. Therefore the entire front suspension and setup on these 2 vehicles is completley different. Some of us do have E46's but the vast majority are E90 owners. So maybe you should post this on a E46 forum.

And no I do not have that problem....

[BimmerGuyFL]

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[HAdi]

Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL

Ok i need all of you to help me. when you turn the steering wheel when the car is parked but running and you turn the steering wheel all the way to the left and look at the angle the wheel is at max left lock and you do the same thing but with max all the way to the right do the angles from max lock to the left and the angle from max lock to the right mirror each other the same or there is difference. what i mean by this is this ()max lock to the left and (/)max lock to the right. please all check on your E46 this for me since i been having steering wheel angle problems that seems like it was fixed but apparently it was not. my steering wheel Max lock to the left go more to the left then i could with max lock to the right. BMW did do an alignment and they said the alignment was fine and my steering always seems more to the left to go straight. also when i change lanes i notice if i go to the left lane i need to give it more turn to the left on my steering wheel. when i switch lanes to the right lane I notice i don't need to turn the wheel as much to the right. my car seems to drive in different directions at once too when i try to go down a straight road. this is a continuation from a POST called NIGHTMARE WITH MY 2005 BMW E46 330i. I have an appointment with my BMW dealer this Friday afternoon and I need super advice to have this fixed once and for all. By the way I tried the Max lock on our 530i BMW and both sides have the same distance from the middle to the max lock on Left and Max lock on right on the steering wheel.
PLEASE HELP ME ASAP I REALLY NEED everyones advice. Thanks in advance.

what is E46?? sorry we dont know what you are talking about!

[F32Fleet]

I can't say I've honestly noticed a difference.

[SRT]

Just popped outside to do the test - no visual difference between the two full locks. Do you know if the steering wheel in your car has ever been changed?

[obLu]

Sorry to be an a$$ but here's my advise: take it to the freakin dealer. What are you possibly going to learn from everybody ganking their wheels for you?!? You know your wheel is off-center, go make them fix the damn thing! They're being lazy because a) either the rack is messed up and it's going to take a lot of work to fix it (didn't some e46's have steering rack issues or am I off on that?) or b) the wheel will have to be pulled, indexed and put back on straight ... which is, again, quite a bit of work.

Take it to the dealer, make them acknowledge the problem and get it fixed. End of story.

[dkizerian]

how much difference is there between the wheel at max left and max right? 1/4 turn , 1/2 turn, less than an inch?

the lane changing thing you mention, is this anywhere or only sometimes? it might just be the crown in the road (slop from center out for drainage) that is causing this perceived difference.

[dkizerian]

more questions, when traveling straight down the road does your car pull to one side at ALL times?

when traveling in a straight line is your wheel straight or turned slightly to one side?

[Tierfreund]

I used to have an E46 and what you decribe is completely normal. The E46 has a different turning cycle in right hand circles than in left hand circles. It´s even in the tecnical data. 10.6 metres in left hand cylces and 11.3 metres in right hand cycles. That´s why you can turn your wheel further to the left than the right.

It has to do with the position of the steering box and limited clearance to one side. There´s nothign wrong with you car.

So theres nothing to worry about there.

If you know how to read german, here´s an explanation as to why this is so:

http://www.auto-treff.com/bmw/vb/sho...threadid=56797

http://www.bmw-drivers.de/viewtopic.php?p=100985

Btw, am I the only one who understood what the OP was saying?

OP: a few paragraphs would help.

[BimmerGuyFL]

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[theclay]

Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL

thanks for the info but I can turn my steering more to the left then i can to the right. is this comon with all BMW's?

Didn't you read what Tierfreund just wrote? It's an E46 thing.

Why is this thread still in this forum?

[petefalzzz]

this guy's a real wanker!

[KevinC]

[dkizerian]

I tried to be nice, and tried to get more information to help assess if this is really a problem, but you'd rather not help us help you.

[Tierfreund]

Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL

thanks for the info but I can turn my steering more to the left then i can to the right. is this comon with all BMW's?

It´s normal on the E46 and maybe some others, but not all BMWs. As I wrote, the turning cycle is smaller to the left than the right, so yes, you can tun the steering wheel more to the left than the right.