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Steering

Steering Boxes

Most E28s came with a 3.5 turn-to-turn ratio steering box. These can be identified with a silver tag. The tag on thbox will have 1 124 700.0 on it like these

Part 32131126621 (RMFD HYDRO STEERING GEAR) was found on the following vehicles:

  • E24 633CSi COUPE, U.S.
  • E24 635CSi COUPE, U.S.
  • E24 628CSi COUPE, Euro
  • E24 635CSi COUPE, Euro
  • E28: Details on E28
  • E28 528i SEDAN, Euro
  • E28 535i SEDAN, Euro
  • E28 M535i SEDAN, Euro

Other part numbers for this same 3.5 turn box:

  • 32131125855 - standard E28 - NLA
  • 32131126318 - handicapped version - NLA
  • 32131466155 - reman - NLA

The E28 M5, and E24 M635csi came with 3.0 turn-to-turn ("close ratio") steering boxes. These will have a red (M5) or blue (635csi) tag like these (2225 120.0 for the M5 and 1126 546.0 for the M635CSi:

Part 32132225121 (RMFD HYDRO STEERING GEAR) was found on the following vehicles:

  • E24 M635CSi COUPE, S38, Euro, MANUAL (5511) : POWER STEERING
  • E24 M635CSi COUPE, S38, Euro, MANUAL (5531) : POWER STEERING
  • E24 M635CSi COUPE, S38, Euro, MANUAL (5531) : POWER STEERING
  • E24 M635CSi COUPE, S38, Euro, MANUAL (5511) : POWER STEERING
  • E24 M635CSi COUPE, S38, Euro, RHD , MANUAL (5532) : POWER STEERING
  • E24 M635CSi COUPE, S38, Euro, RHD , MANUAL (5532) : POWER STEERING
  • E24 635CSi COUPE, M30, U.S., AUTO (5384) : POWER STEERING
  • E24 635CSi COUPE, M30, U.S., MANUAL (5374) : POWER STEERING
  • E24 M6 COUPE, S38, U.S., MANUAL (5514) : POWER STEERING
  • E28 M5 SEDAN, S38, Euro, MANUAL (DC91) : POWER STEERING
  • E28 M5 SEDAN, S38, Euro, RHD , MANUAL (DC92) : POWER STEERING
  • E28 M5 SEDAN, S38, U.S., MANUAL (DC93) : POWER STEERING

Other matching part numbers:

  • 32132225120

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