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Old 03-22-2009, 09:16 AM
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Hi all I noticed my cars steering is a bit heaver then other cars so I jacked the car up and found this sensor thing on the steering rack has no cable plugged in anyone knows what it is and what it does?


(Btw I have a 2003 530i auto)


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Choose image 1, 2, or 3, and pick the part number:





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Originally Posted by craigm1841' post='823798' date='Mar 22 2009, 05:23 PM
Choose image 1, 2, or 3, and pick the part number:






Image one part number 8 whats is it and would that cause the steering to be heavy?

part number is 32 10 6 767 408 and its called a Torque converter servotronic
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Originally Posted by 530iM' post='824068' date='Mar 22 2009, 08:01 PM
Image one part number 8 whats is it and would that cause the steering to be heavy?

part number is 32 10 6 767 408 and its called a Torque converter servotronic
So was it normal or did you find a way to solve your problem?
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Originally Posted by slipper' post='840942' date='Apr 9 2009, 12:06 AM
So was it normal or did you find a way to solve your problem?
nope I tried looking for the cable that should plug into it could not find it and I don’t even know what it does I thought maybe because I have bigger wheels on the car ( 19" Bbs lm's) maybe that’s why its heavy? (only ever driven the car with these wheels on so iam not sure if thats normal)
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