BMW 3 Series E30

since 1983-1994 release

Repair and operation of the car


BMW E30
+ 1. Maintenance instruction
+ 2. Maintenance
+ 3. Engine
+ 4. Cooling system
+ 5. Heating and ventilation
+ 6. Fuel system
+ 7. Exhaust system
+ 8. Transmissions
+ 9. Coupling
+ 10. Brake system
- 11. Running gear
   11.1.10. Back springs
   11.1.11. Bar of the back stabilizer of cross stability
   11.1.12. Levers of a back suspension bracket
   11.1.13. Bearings of back wheels
   11.1.14. Angles of installation of wheels
   11.1.2. Specifications
   11.1.3. Stabilizer of cross stability of a forward suspension bracket
   11.1.4. Suspension bracket lever
   11.1.5. Rack of a forward suspension bracket
   11.1.6. Springs or shock-absorber of a rack of a suspension bracket
   11.1.7. Spherical support
   11.1.8. Nave of a forward wheel and bearing
   11.1.9. Back shock-absorbers
   + 11.2. Steering
+ 12. Body
+ 13. Electric equipment
+ 14. Useful tips


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11. Running gear

11.1. Suspension brackets

11.1.1. Introduction
GENERAL INFORMATION
Prevention

Repair of details of a suspension bracket is forbidden by welding or a rikhtovka. The bent or failed details are subject to replacement. Number according to the catalog of a new detail has to correspond to number of replaced.

Forward suspension bracket and steering (view from the party of the bottom)
1. Cross-piece
2. Stabilizer of cross stability
3. Rack of the stabilizer of cross stability
4. Suspension bracket lever
5. Rack
6. Tip of steering draft
7. Steering mechanism

Forward suspension bracket independent like Mac-Ferson. Racks of a suspension bracket fasten in the top part to the strengthened sites of wheel niches and to suspension bracket levers in the lower part. The stabilizer of cross stability fastens to a cross-piece of a suspension bracket and to suspension bracket levers through racks.

General view of a forward suspension bracket
1. Top fastening of a rack of a suspension bracket
2. Stabilizer rack
cross stability
3. Steering draft
4. Suspension bracket lever
5, 7. Spherical Oprah of the suspension bracket lever
6. Steering mechanism
8. Cover
9. Tip of steering draft
10. Suspension bracket rack

Back suspension bracket
1. Shock-absorber
2. Spring
3. Half shaft		 4. Lever
5. Holder of a reducer of a back axis
6. Stabilizer of cross stability

Back suspension bracket lever, with springs and shock-absorbers. The shock-absorber in the top part fastens to a body, and in the lower part – to the suspension bracket lever. The stabilizer of cross stability fastens to suspension bracket levers through racks and collars to a body.

General view of a back suspension bracket
1. Shock-absorber
2. Stabilizer of cross stability
3. Reducer (main transfer and differential)
4. Internal CV JOINT
5. Back support of a reducer
6. Covers of CV JOINTS
7. Suspension bracket lever
8. Fastening of the lever of a suspension bracket
9. Cross-piece of a back axis
10. Spring