How To: Adjust the Rear Suspension and Tire PSI

[the1sen]

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[Pancho]

I don't understand how to check tire pressure. My tires have a little black piece of plastic on top of valves, and if I try to put air on them nothing happens, if I measure with gauge, reads 0, this mean my tires are flat? Please add pictures of the tire and a gauge!

[the1sen]

i'm sorry Pancho, but reading the manual, scanning it, and thinking of checking the pressure is as close as i get to it. i just drop by the bimmer dealer and let them do it, and give the kid $5 for lunch and don't worry about it.

i don't touch tools. they seem to break things when in my hands. my wife inherited her father's good hands with tools, so she would do it if i let her, but not me.

[postab]

Pancho, you might have to take the valve caps off and then try again

[MechE]

Looking at the Owner's Manual, adjusting the shock damping seems to be quite straightforward.

Except that I can't hear or feel any "clicks" when I turn the adjusting screw. (The preload handwheel has a definite click every half turn.)

Does the manual perhaps mean "rotations" (full turns) instead of clicks for the damping adjustment? Or does my ST have a defective adjustment knob?

[WANG]

Originally posted by postab

Pancho, you might have to take the valve caps off and then try again


I would advise against removing these "caps" yourself, as it may void the warranty if they are removed by other than a BMW trained technician.

[Herleman]

Originally posted by postab

Pancho, you might have to take the valve caps off and then try again


Couldn't get the little black plastic pieces off. Had to use a hacksaw. And get this. I no more than got them sawed off and the tire went flat. Musta been bad all along. Warranty will cover I guess.[booze][booze][booze][:o)][:o)]