Sniper33

Like the post says, it broke!! The weld on the front bar that connects the front bar to the lower A-arm mounts on the driver side completely snapped. This is a $400+ piece thats crap now and I can't even drive my car. What should I do (other than get the problem fixed)????

theblur98ss

iTrader: (71)

That's the first time I've ever heard of that happening. How old is the unit? I'd contact BMR. I'm sure they'll take care of it. How did it snap...what were you doing when it happened?

Sniper33

It was installed 2/24/03, so it's about a year and a half old. The car is a daily that sees occassional strip time. It's too late to call them now, I have to wait until tomorrow to call them. I was parallel parking my car when I noticed a problem. As I was turning the wheel there was a "pop" that I felt in the steering wheel, followed by a high vibration and then a burning smell. I parked the car, got out and looked underneath to find my swaybar up against the bottom of my engine pulley. The burning smell was that of the swaybar burning the AC belt. I had the car flatbedded back home, thinks it was some kind of alignment problem. I pulled the car into the driveway just now to see what I could do with the swaybar. No sooner did I get underneath, I found the broken weld. And I came on here for help.

John95Z28

It's the second BMR K-member incident I've heard of... sorry to hear it happened to you. Get talking to BMR - I think they should send you a new one for free by overnight express, then send you some flowers, and maybe a basket of baked goods as well. It shouldn't break during parallel parking, for cripes sake

It's not like you were pulling a Dukes of Hazzard manuever. I wonder if they're ever going to design a thick walled tubing "Heavy Duty" K-member which can handle the extreme stresses brought by parking lot speeds

Sniper33

Right!! I'm seriously bummed out about this. Let's see what happens, I'll update ASAP.

2camaros6702

iTrader: (2)

Call and ask for Brett if possible he is the owner and a good guy he will help you if at all possible. I don't know what he can do if anything at all but it is a good chance he can. Don't know?(BMR 813-986-9302).

mitchntx

iTrader: (14)

Yeah replace junk with crap ... makes sense to me ...

I've broken, snapped and worn out enough BMR parts on my car.
Never again ...

jimmyblue

iTrader: (11)

Bummer. Mine's getting installed tomorrow....
Any chance of a pic of the failure point? I
gots ta know....

SSixspeed

Or just design a good one in the first place...?

I'd wait on LG's..

felton316

Damn that sucks. That looked like it was the most sturdiest part of the K-member. I was always betting that the boxes that the control arm arm connected to, were going to buckle first. I keep looking at mine expecting to see it deformed.

Sniper33

No pic, but the weld is on the driver side front. Its the weld between the front bar that the steering rack attaches to and the mount for the lower A-arm.

ddelallata

iTrader: (2)

Must be a real pain in the behind to remove and put another one back in too.

trackbird

iTrader: (4)

Mitch, you should be a BMR "factory test pilot", they should have given you their crap to test (and now they'd have to, and you still wouldn't use it).

Sniper33

Trackbird, how's the AJE?? Do you know or have you heard anything??

mitchntx

iTrader: (14)

No way ... you know the statistics on the life expectancy of a test pilot?

Racehead

I think the shortcomings of BMR products has been adequately previously established. Anybody who still buys their products simply hasn't done their homework.

Ben R

Not the first time I've seen or heard of that happening.

The PA K-Member seems to be a better piece.

Sniper33

If that's directed towards me, thanks wise ***. Too bad it's been on the car for almost a year and a half.

That's odd because almost every post about PA K-members has been negative.

John95Z28

In all fairness to Sniper's ability to "do his homework" on F-body mods, there weren't any negative reports on BMR's K-member back when he bought his. At least, none that I'm aware of.

Please let us know what the outcome is when you get through to customer service

Sniper33

Thanks John! I definitely will. I'll be calling them in a few hours.