Drop-link Bracket

[Danny wood]

Hi All First post

Recently Purchased 2000 Z3 3.0

Log story short

I undid the bolt on the bottom of the drop link bracket under the control arm and it snapped without any effort Any Idea were i get one from. Cant find it. any ideas were i get it ?

cheers dan

 

[Lee]

Hi Dan,

I assume your after item 12

Ebay has plenty
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...1351127263.TRS0&_nkw=bmw+31351127263&_sacat=0

 

[Mazza]

Do you mean the bolts ( no 17 ) below??

BMW part number is 07119902955
Hex bolt
M8X45-8.8-ZNS3.

It appears they are used on all models.

They are probably not that expensive from a BMW dealer but you could try putting the part number on and see what comes up.



EDIT....oh you mean the bracket itself.......... well done Lee

 

[Danny wood]

Hi Lee and Mazza

that's the one Item 12

Cheers for that

Dan

 

[Danny wood]

Cheers for that all purchased coming Thursday.
Can i ask were you got the schematics from it would be handy to have so i don't have to drive people mad on here

Cheers

Dan

 

[Mazza]

Go onto RealOem.com and select BMW and then your car. Z3’s are found in the classic section of BMW

 

[mrscalex]

Those brackets are quite a naughty price new from BMW.

 

[t-tony]

Me being Me, I would've drilled it and fed a shallow headed bolt through the bracket.

Tony.

 

[Nodzed]

Me being Me, I would've drilled it and fed a shallow headed bolt through the bracket.

Tony.

Yeh but you're tight ..... so @Grumps says anyway

 

[t-tony]

Careful is the word you're looking for

Tony.

 

[Nodzed]

Careful is the word you're looking for

Tony.

Or is it Money Efficient?

 

[Danny wood]

Like the idea of drilling and bolt but there was more rust than metal so they have seen there best

 

[t-tony]

A new bracket is best for sure Danny, the repair is really a "keep you going" fix. Something modern mechanics (technicians) probably wouldn't even consider.

Tony.

 

[mrscalex]

One of my rear drop-link brackets is just having the Deox treatment. You'd be surprised how well it will come out.

 

[Stevo7682]

.
Slightly off topic but double you think you could buy a rectangular inflatable swimming pool take all the panels off a zed and interior out blow up swimming pool fill it with Deox solution and leave it in it for 24 hrs .

 

[mrscalex]

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Slightly off topic but double you think you could buy a rectangular inflatable swimming pool take all the panels off a zed and interior out blow up swimming pool fill it with Deox solution and leave it in it for 24 hrs .

Of course you could

 

[Stevo7682]

Of course you could

Would it come out all sparkling underneath

 

[mrscalex]

Would it come out all sparkling underneath

Where the bare metal was exposed yes. But it doesn't remove underseal/paint.

 

[t-tony]

It can only work on exposed ferrous metal.

Tony.

 

[mrscalex]

This was nasty, really crusty before it went in the Deox. Came out of the potion tonight. I'd left it for a few days as I was away.