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    P38 Front door handles

    The excellent post that V8 Kenny linked to talks about buying the cam on its own; well after going through all of this myself (sticking handle, open door interior, snap cam lug on back of lock - hop, curse, then find this post :doh: ) I can confirm that the parts are available from Main Dealers...
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    P38 Irregular Steering Wheel Vibration/Shudder

    One thing I did forget to mention was that on the nearside caliper the forward sliding pin felt like it was sticking - I cleaned both pins and their seats, regreased and refitted; both then moving freely. This could have contributed if the caliper wasn't totally free to move and follow the...
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    P38 Irregular Steering Wheel Vibration/Shudder

    OK, all fixed and running without a shake or a judder. What was done: 1. Swapped the 18" for a set of 16" alloys that had been checked for any problems and balanced. No change but these left on whilst the rest of the work was carried out. The 18" wheels were also checked for any...
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    P38 Irregular Steering Wheel Vibration/Shudder

    Thanks for the post on the rod ends - let me know how it goes! To fix the viscous coupling I hunted down a used transfer box at a breakers and was lucky enough for him to take the coupling and housing off the box for me (You can get reconditioned couplings but these would need fitting into the...
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    P38 Irregular Steering Wheel Vibration/Shudder

    I used to have strong and regular steering wheel vibration (to the point where the satnav on the windscreen was bouncing) and after balancing the wheels , etc, and being told it was an offside wheel bearing it turned out to be a seized viscous coupling on the front of the transfer box; the...