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Just picked up my "new to me" M3 and had this happen in the rear passenger side. Put it up on the hoist and spun the wheel and recreated the sound. Turned out to be the rotor dust shield rubbing against the rotor. Just bent it back in to place and all was good! No more cow bells
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So it seems that with so many varied fixes here, perhaps we have very alike sounds from what could be four potential areas: LSD, Heat Shield, brake rotor and e-brake. |
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Yesterday I took my car in for new tires and the tech noticed my wheel bolts were too long, pointing out they showed signs of actually hitting elements of the parking brake assembly. I have a strong suspicion this is where my cowbell noise was coming from.
How I ended up with out of spec wheel bolts is another story. PO might have had spacers or different wheels I suppose. Way to go BMW dealer(s) for not catching this, btw (or for mixing them up in the first place). It took an indy tech who actually cares to catch it. Anyway, just another thing to check if you have the cowbell problem. |
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Adding my experience to maybe help this common issue. After checking the shield and finding nothing, I pulled ahead and back in the driveway with the parking brake applied and it went away. I just read this post and wish I knew earlier after driving around town all night, clanging around.
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02-02-2016, 11:24 PM | #337 |
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I heard the exact same thing in my car 2 days ago. Raining hard in SoCAL. I was getting pissed......COW BELLS.........
Some members suggest pushing Brake Shield with dowel. The position was the 5 o clock position. Thanks to the member that mention that. A freaking pebble fell out. NO MORE COW BELLS. I read all post yesterday. 1.E brake 2. Pebble in rotor or brake shield 3. Differential (highly doubt it) Freaking Pebble. |
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Thank you for your reply.
I got the same noise as the OPs video yesterday, goes away with the ebrake trick (pulling it while slow roll) posted all over this thread, and today the brake service light came on. Going to dealer soon will post back here to post up since no definite answer has been given yet. |
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Hello to all; I've had my E93 M3 for almost 5 years (2013, 17k miles), and had the cowbell problem appear/disappear 3-4 times in that time, but recently, it is back with a VENGEANCE, first on the rear passenger side and now on the rear driver's side! Has anyone had the noise move from one side to the other? It sucks!
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01-30-2018, 04:48 PM | #343 |
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I've had the cowbell noise. Problem was my driveshaft . Replaced this and now no more cowbell sound period. So much better without the constant clanging
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Do you happen to have aftermarket brake pads?
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I had this sound after driving through norcal in the mountains when it was snowing a bit, probably had a pebble next to the heat shield, and would sound only when braking, after 300 miles and going over a pothole hard, it went away, had to be a piece of debris stuck somewhere
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04-22-2018, 12:34 PM | #346 |
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I also recently had this noise. Firmly pulling the e-brake handle a bunch of times made it go away.
Here's a vid: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aS...c1mz_D5r248dqB
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2011 M3 metallic ping-in sound coming from the rear of the car
The last two months I have a metallic ping-in sound coming from the rear of the M3 (cowbell) only when moving the car from 1st or stopping and same when I go reverse but when start moving the car sound normal.
1-No rocks stuck in the brake dust shield 2-No bent brake dust shield, 3-I replace the drive shaft U joint Could this be the e-brake Do you have any idea what can it be ? See video |
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Reviving an old thread.. what ended up being your issue? I'm having the exact same sound when I release the clutch going into reverse and again when taking off in 1st. |
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07-26-2019, 02:47 PM | #349 |
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Meh, I get this cowbell noise near my rear driver side brakes, in the winter, i know it’s ice banging around my brake shields, it goes away after the ice melts in the afternoon. Yours seems louder, like a nut or bolt not ice or a stone pebble.
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Most likely - driveshaft. Mine was doing the same exact thing. Could be also this: |
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