Stumbled across this on realoem: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=80
Anybody know where it's located?
vibration dampner - where is it?
Hi Felix
The lump you have found is not a vibration damper. It is a compensator weight. It lives in the right rear wing and is to adjust car balance when driven one up. It is supposed to equalise handling on right and left locks and probably helps balance under braking as well.
If you are two up I guess it is tough!
Pat
The lump you have found is not a vibration damper. It is a compensator weight. It lives in the right rear wing and is to adjust car balance when driven one up. It is supposed to equalise handling on right and left locks and probably helps balance under braking as well.
If you are two up I guess it is tough!
Pat
Battery on the left
If the mass is there to compensate for the driver on the opposite side, then why did BMW not put the battery on that side rather than behind the driver?
Talkng to an aircraft engineer, the mass is there to stop fundamental frequencies occuring rather than 50:50 balance. (I think)
Talkng to an aircraft engineer, the mass is there to stop fundamental frequencies occuring rather than 50:50 balance. (I think)
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How does it "know" that the car's one up or two up?Pat Slade wrote:Hi Felix
The lump you have found is not a vibration damper. It is a compensator weight. It lives in the right rear wing and is to adjust car balance when driven one up. It is supposed to equalise handling on right and left locks and probably helps balance under braking as well.
If you are two up I guess it is tough!
Pat
I don't think it does, I think it's because of either the weight distribution or damper. I read on some US forums that people have removed it to reduce weight but put it back as the ride went worse.felix wrote:How does it "know" that the car's one up or two up?Pat Slade wrote:Hi Felix
The lump you have found is not a vibration damper. It is a compensator weight. It lives in the right rear wing and is to adjust car balance when driven one up. It is supposed to equalise handling on right and left locks and probably helps balance under braking as well.
If you are two up I guess it is tough!
Pat