BMW 7 Series (F01/F02) 2008-2015 Service Manual / Wheel And Tires / Disc Wheels (RIMS)
BMW 7 Series: Disc Wheels (RIMS)
- Checking Rim For Lateral And Radial Runout
- General Information On Light Alloy Disc Wheels
- Removing And Installing RDC (Tyre Pressure Control) Control Unit
- Removing And Installing/Replacing RDC Reception Aerial
- Removing And Installing/Replacing An RDC Trigger Transmitter (Front)
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Checking Rim For Lateral And Radial Runout
Necessary preliminary tasks
Remove WHEEL
Check WHEEL for lateral and radial runout
Remove TYRE from disc wheel
Remove dirt from rim well and rim flange
IMPORTANT: Disc wheels are not allowed to
General Information On Light Alloy Disc Wheels
NOTE: It is sometimes difficult to distinguish light alloy disc wheels
visually from steel
disc wheels.
Identifying features:
Sticker on light alloy disc wheel. (1) = Indication "Aluminium"
Wall t
Removing And Installing RDC (Tyre Pressure Control) Control Unit
IMPORTANT: Read and comply with notes on PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC
DAMAGE (ESD protection).
Necessary preliminary tasks
Remove right LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WHEEL ARCH PANEL.
Disconnect plug con
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Removing And Installing/Replacing Top Right Wishbone
NOTE: Control arms with + or - marking (see graphic) are camber correction
arms:
- Underdimension variant
+ Overdimension variant
These camber correction arms are used to correct the camber values by 30
minutes. To be used only if the tolerance values are exceeded or undershot!
An unmarked control
Checking Rim For Lateral And Radial Runout
Necessary preliminary tasks
Remove WHEEL
Check WHEEL for lateral and radial runout
Remove TYRE from disc wheel
Remove dirt from rim well and rim flange
IMPORTANT: Disc wheels are not allowed to be repaired!
Mount disc wheel in balancing machine.
Fig. 10: Identifying Disc Wheel In Balancing Ma
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