| I also have an '86 325 es i had the problem of a grinding sound as i turned slowly yet in the front. i could not find out what it was. i found that i was the simple thing that was the solution, the wheel well. as i turned the wheels to the right the wheel on the right rubbed the wheel well because it had worked it way loose. So in a word of advice for your dilemmas i say look for the simple answer before any drastic measures are taken on your part . because a solution is most often the simple one. | 
