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If your BMW is making a grinding noise when you accelerate, the culprit is likely the parking brake cable retainer clip. The stock BMW clip is made out of plastic and becomes brittle with age. Over time, the pieces that hold the cables in place will snap off, allowing the cables to hang down and touch the driveshaft. At first, you will only hear it under hard acceleration, but eventually you’ll hear a constant grinding sound as the cables droop down.
Thankfully, a company called AGA tools developed an all aluminum replacement which should last the life of the car. In this video, I’ll show you step by step how to install it! The install is do-able, but requires crawling under your car and working in a frustratingly tight space. If you can do it yourself though, you’ll save a ton of money. On the forums, I’ve read posts of people being quoted as much as $1,300 for this job.
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Intro 00:00
The problem 00:14
The part 01:15
Tools required 01:53
DIY 02:07
Notes 06:30
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$129 seems crazy. I would just replace with the plastic one and hope it doesn't fail again during my ownership. Maybe $49 tops for that part, otherwise I'm going with a $9 oem.
That last clip summarized exactly how I feel all the time working on my BMW haha
129 for this part is a ripoff. I had this problem with my f36 435i a couple years ago, hoping it doesn't happen with my f23
This is also valid in the F22 M235i, M2 and M240i. I replaced mine with the Aluminum piece. In the M240i removing the exhaust was not required.
You are the man my dealer charges 900 bucks for that job you saved me that money thanks
This should be maximum one hour labor on a lift. No excuse for a dealer to charge more than two!!!
are you sure the F30 is safe from this happening?
Got F36 430i, and my parking cable retaining clip was broken since I bought it, dealership quoted me to fix it 600$ and I get it why, there is more than just that plate, there is also reinforced braces goes from left to right and they have huge torx that is hard to buy right one. (At least for me, I have no idea what size that torx and its difficult to spend money on the wrong sizes), duno why they made that retaining clip out of plastic due to constant heat exposure but still in progress to fix that issue.
Just clicked on the video and I'm just going to say PARKING BRAKE TENSIONER CABLE
edit: gg
Bruh, that BMW chime got me at the end LOL
Good stuff man!
Nice simple easy to follow diy. Thanks for sharing. That part is really expensive compared to the oe. But, not having to change it over and over is worth it for most.
Oh my goodness your timing is perfect I've been trying to figure out what the noise is in my f33 since last fall on it's exactly as you describe can't wait to do this DIY repair thanks for everything you do!!
Thanks got the part ordered!
I need to do this I’m just dreading it haha