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      07-28-2015, 12:28 PM   #1
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Steering wheel twitches once when braking hard

My Steering wheel twitches once when braking moderately or hard, like tapping it. Pretty sure it ain't the rotors. Brand new pads and rotors. Been doing this for a while.

A search reveals everyone has this issue, no one has a solution.
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      07-28-2015, 12:29 PM   #2
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Bushings?
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      07-28-2015, 12:37 PM   #3
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Bushings?
Lower control arm bushings?
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      07-28-2015, 12:42 PM   #4
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Everybody starts from control arms but finally it happens more often that the cause is tension struts(bushings).
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      07-28-2015, 01:39 PM   #5
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Everybody starts from control arms but finally it happens more often that the cause is tension struts(bushings).
This....

I replaced everything else and still had issues with "vibration" during braking. Replaced the Tension Arm Bushings and it all went away.
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I'm having this exact issue!

I already replaced my upper and lower control arms with Meyle, as well as replaced my rotors and pads.

What else could be causing this?
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      09-01-2015, 10:31 AM   #7
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Everybody starts from control arms but finally it happens more often that the cause is tension struts(bushings).
because on every model before this, it's the control arm bushing

e90 is the first 3-series to use this style of arm setup
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