WEST END ATLANTA

There is another tire clean up in the neighborhood. Well it’s not in the neighborhood, it is at Turner field blue lot on the 24 of April from 9am to 1pm.

John will take 1 load of tires from the neighborhood if you call him and let him know when the tires are. 404 456 4118. His truck holds about 40 tires. I have reserved 3 spaces so jump on it.

Most e21's suffer from a shimmy between 45-55 mph at some point in their life. This is mostly due to a poor front suspension design that relies on the sway bar to control fore and aft movement of the control arms in conjunction with worn suspension components.

The 77-79 models have a 2 piece bushing design that is clamped by the sway bar washers. On the 80-83 models, the control arm, bushings and sway bar were redesigned presumably to improve this issue, and consist of a 1 piece metal sleaved bushing that presses into the control arm. These bushings are very soft and are mostly hollow and I consider them to be the weakest link in the front suspension.

The best way to eliminate the shimmy is to first make sure the front suspension is in top shape. The ball joints, tie rods, upper strut bearings, wheel bearings, control arm bushings and steering rack bushings all need to be in excellent condition. Also make sure your wheels are properly balanced and that you have even tire wear. The steering rack bushings often get so oil saturated that they are more like gel than rubber. Bavauto sells poly steering rack bushings that will help control the shimmy and give the steering a nice crisp feel.

Yes, We will hire People that have been in a Union. Most of our Plants are Union Plants. If we did not hire people that had been in a Union we basically would have no employees. Most people with Manufacturing experience has been involved with a Union at one point or another. We will open as a Non Union shop but it is employee's legal right to start a Union. Our plant's are represented by Steel Workers, which is the same Union Goodyear had. It will be up to the workers we hire as to wheather they vote that Union in or not.