'01 M3 axle hop

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:48:32 -0400, "Planar1" >
wrote:

>Hi All. What can be done to reduce or prevent axle (wheel) hopping during a
>holeshot start? It's pretty bad through first gear on my 2001 M3 Couple. TIA
>

just curious if you ever got this fixed ? There is no way that that is
normal. On a solid axle 1995 mustang perhaps , not on the M3

Partially. I has the arm (?) bushings replaced and that seemed to help
overall. The replacement Sachs shocks are pretty hard to come by in these
parts. I had to special order them and that was 6 weeks ago. I'm told
they'll be in my hands in a couple of days. We'll see...


"RT" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:48:32 -0400, "Planar1" >
> wrote:
>
>>Hi All. What can be done to reduce or prevent axle (wheel) hopping during
>>a
>>holeshot start? It's pretty bad through first gear on my 2001 M3 Couple.
>>TIA
>>
>
> just curious if you ever got this fixed ? There is no way that that is
> normal. On a solid axle 1995 mustang perhaps , not on the M3