Throttle Actuator rebuilding services

Salut les gars, j'ai eu mes actionneurs d'accélérateur aller mal pour la deuxième fois depuis que je possède la voiture. La première fois était d'environ 90k km et je les ai fait reconstruire par BBA reman et ils sont allés mal dans un an ou environ 10k km, et j'étais trop paresseux pour déchirer les choses à nouveau donc je viens de conduire sur eux mais BBA n'offre réparation gratuite sur eux en fonction de leur garantie non transférable de 2 ans.

Longue histoire courte, je les ai récemment fait jouer beaucoup, alors j'ai commandé le kit d'engrenage et les mousquetons de Jason à http://www.rebuild.org.uk/ et a procédé à la reconstruction des deux actionneurs et au remplacement des moufets. Les engrenages étaient de haute qualité, en plastique gris renforcé de fibre de carbone, similaire au châssis et aux montants de voiture RC haute performance, etc. et les tolérances étaient très bonnes. L'un fonctionnait bien mais le second semblait avoir des dommages aux circuits (processeurs, contrôleurs de tension etc., qui sait) et après en avoir discuté avec Jason, il a mentionné comment c'est assez souvent le cas et qu'il offre les engrenages / moussettes juste pour rester compétitif avec ceux qui vendent des ensembles d'engrenage nus. Son service de reconstruction comprend le remplacement des composants de montage en surface critiques par des composants apparemment améliorés lorsque cela est possible. Il comprend une garantie à vie transférable, mais vous êtes responsable de l'expédition.

J'ai envoyé les actionneurs et avec son service d'échange de base, il a expédié un ensemble reconstruit en 4 jours du Royaume-Uni (je suis au Canada). Je les ai installés et tout allait bien, et actuellement mis environ 2k km sur la voiture et ils fonctionnent toujours parfaitement. J'ai pensé que je partagerais mon expérience avec vous, car l'achat de nouveaux est une arnaque et seul le remplacement d'équipement est insuffisant dans de nombreux cas sur la base de l'expérience que j'avais et des conseils d'experts de Jason. Je vous écris ceci pour vous sauver les mêmes bs que j'ai traversé et pour vous faire savoir que son service était excellent. Le prix, après le rabais qu'il me donnera quand mes anciens actionneurs et le train d'engrenages acheté sont reçus par lui (sol expédié cuz de coût élevé) était environ 1000 CAD, moins de la moitié du prix d'achat de nouveaux actionneurs à un rabais.

Je n'ai pas eu un centime ou une remise pour écrire cela, mais je suis très satisfait du service et je voulais le partager avec la communauté. J'ai cherché sur les forums pour voir si http://www.rebuild.org.uk/ ou Jason ont été mentionnés n'importe où mais n'ont rien trouvé alors je pensais que j'écrirais ceci, il est un bon gars faisant du bon travail donc je pense qu'il mérite une mention sur les conseils d'administration, acclamations .

p.s. s'il y a des problèmes dans le futur, je posterai ici, jusqu'à présent si bon

J'ai acheté un ensemble de mosfet pour essayer le remplacement sur un couple d'AT dans lequel j'avais précédemment remplacé les engrenages (l'un ne fonctionnait toujours pas après avoir changé de vitesse et l'autre m'a donné 2 autres années avant d'échouer). Je le ferai plus tôt cette année, si l'un des miens échoue.

Les nouveaux actionneurs bmw sont maintenant à environ 600 $ et le même de vdo est aussi bas que 450 $ mais n'a pas été en stock ces derniers temps.

Best bet is to buy them from FCP (lifetime warranty)

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-throttle-body-actuator-vdo-13627838085

Bought two when my Bank 1 went out, figured to do both at the same time to save myself from Bank 2 inevitably failing.

I wouldn't recommend the rebuild kits unless you replace the electronics as well.... The gears and circuit boards both can go bad.

But if this service tests the electronics, replaces what is needed, offers some warranty and is cheaper than new, it is worth considering. For me, it would have to be about 50% cheaper than new to be worth the risk of ending up with a paperweight and having to buy another and doing the job over again.

lat77 wrote

Best bet is to buy them from FCP (lifetime warranty)

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-throttle-body-actuator-vdo-13627838085

Bought two when my Bank 1 went out, figured to do both at the same time to save myself from Bank 2 inevitably failing.

I wouldn't recommend the rebuild kits unless you replace the electronics as well.... The gears and circuit boards both can go bad.

the price i mentioned was canadian dollars, and as i mentioned, after rebuilding the old actuators with a gear and mosfet set i still experienced issues and so sent them to jason to do a full rebuild on them. he replaces more than just mosfets as most (bba reman for example) rebuilding services do and can't go wrong with a transferable lifetime warranty.

edit: the link you provided is by far the best price i've seen for them though, would cost me about 1400-1500 canadian which is still some 40-50% more than i paid but a steal for new units nonetheless. honestly, if jason didn't include a lifetime warranty i would get new ones at the price you linked, but for 200 bucks of shipping lifetime replacement seems too good to pass for me as i'm planning on keeping this thing for a while.

pbonsalb wrote

But if this service tests the electronics, replaces what is needed, offers some warranty and is cheaper than new, it is worth considering. For me, it would have to be about 50% cheaper than new to be worth the risk of ending up with a paperweight and having to buy another and doing the job over again.

You guys in the states have access to greater variety and better pricing, best i could muster in canuckestan was circa a grand a piece canadian (approx 750 usd) shipped from the states, and that includes import fees and whatnot. as such i was looking at about half the price, and for americans it would be about 50-60% difference from new units.

When i took apart the units BBA had remanufactured i was disappointed, the pin they had used to secure the main shaft to the half gear had cracked the delrin gear, the gear was visibly made of lower quality machining processes and the mosfets they had replaced looked like they were soldered in by children and one of the surface mount tabs of the circuit for a mosfet was damaged and so they had bridged to a nearby voltage regulator. it was shoddy at best, and though i haven't opened jason's work (void warranty sticker on it) looking at his instruction vids on his site and the quality of the gearset i initially installed, i'm hopeful this will work out well, time will tell.

the way i look at it, it's a lifetime service with one rebuild since it's a lifetime warranty where only shipping has to be covered by me.

on a side note, as i was researching root causes etc, don't remember what thread or forum, i found a link to a german page detailing that it's well known among ze germans bmw folk that the root cause of the actuator failures is seizing and dirtying throttle linkage actuator shafts. every time i've taken my actuators out i wiggled the linkages and they did noticeably have resistance and had a reduction in lubricity. the article mentioned that to avoid actuator premature damage annually the shaft and their linkage/bearings need lubrication and that the area is prone to heat and dust ridding of the lubricants. makes sense and i instinctively did it when replacing actuators, but now i'll be doing it as a regular service to avoid this ordeal if possible.

+1 for Jason @ Rebuild. I ordered two of his TA's first and paid the core deposit. When I returned my old ones I got the deposit back.

Works great and you can't beat a lifetime warranty for about half the price of new TA's.

So i just got my full deposit back by him without a hitch and am at this point very satisfied with his service and quality of worksmanship.

edit: about 3500km currently and everything is butter smooth, throttle response is crisp, no codes upon throttle actuator self check.

Just recently worked with Abdul at Mpower Motorsports who is the North American supplier/re-builder for Rebuild UK and it is the way to go. Great price and fantastic service!
Abdul helped me diag and work with me on one of the issues i was having. Sent pics of both actuators being shipped along with the tracking number. Might i add excellent packaging! Nothing but great service and im very glad this option is available.
Highly recommend to anyone in need of replacing their throttle actuators.

I was a bit of a naysayer at first on the rebuilts, but after paying $600 for a new one, when I needed another, I talked to Abdul at MPower Motorsports and got one if his. He is rebuilding them right, like Jason in the UK — I think there is an affiliation between them. I tried just replacing the gears and mine still failed. The electronics have to be properly addressed and Abdul and Jason have the electronic circuit board rebuild figured out.

My experience with Abdul and Mpower motorsports was nothing short of spectacular. I wasn't sure if it really was my actuators that were faulty. I was hesitant to pay for something I wasn't sure would work for me. Abdul and Paul helped me through the process. Went back and forth numerous times regarding my codes etc. He truly wasn't trying to sell me his product only. Rather he helped me with so many other concerns of mine. He offered to waive my core charge fees and also told me that if the TA's didn't solve my problem, I could return it to him and he would fully refund me. Wow.

I received both my actuators in amazing bubble wrap. Installed them and fortunately, it was my actuators that needed to be replaced! The best $700.00 I've ever spent. I'm sending my cores back tomorrow.

Abdul was very firm and clear on what needed to be done and guided you without a blur. The process of recieving the actuator itself was quite fast .
I’m very pleased from M PowerMotorsport knowing that the TA is covered lifetime. You can definitely count on him being true and really wanting to help the community, Thank you so much!

Actuators from M Power Motorsports have fixed my problem so far less than half of what my indy shop wanted. 2-4 hours start to finish. It's not that hard.

Jason Bayliff wrote

Just to clear this up. Abdul (************************************/) is a reseller of my products. Offering a next day delivery of actuators to the USA.
The only difference is:

1. About 24hours delivery from Abdul to USA clients: myself in the UK to USA is 48hrs delivery.
2. Returning OLD cores from clients in the USA to the UK for deposits refunded costs the client $70 as oppose to local States delivery of $20.

All warranties etc are the same.

NOTE: I need to clarify a few points. I have been reading the threads on here and noticed a few things people have said that need correcting as they’re inaccurate or just completely incorrect.

Fitting a gear kit and a couple of mosfets doesn’t fix the issue. The actuators need to be fully upgraded. Higher power components, higher temperature rated components and better quality parts.

There was a gentleman on here arguing about "lifetime warranty" and just sceptical of refurbishment services. I rebuild these units to outlive the car. What other people on here do not actually know, is I also refurbish the motor at the same time. Nobody ever has mentioned the motor inside the unit anywhere on the internet when talking about these actuators and refurbishing them. I have never mentioned this an extra part I do with my Actuator rebuilds either, until now.

Gears, 80% of the 3rd party gears I have seen fitted on these (I have seen many types) are actually worst then the original worn out BMW ones. They will either lock up, feel really clunky and just don’t open or close right, fall apart, have more play then worn out ones and just in general won’t last. The gears we use will outlive the car.

I also fully rebuild the electrical side, upgrading BMW parts to higher power, higher spec, higher component temperature, changing voltage regulators, mosfets, CAN communication IC’s and memory chips. Also if required the Microprocessor! So yes, they’re built to last and not made to fade.

Jason

You're the man Jason, glad you have set up shop on this side of the pond through Abdul. I've been putting plenty of mileage on them and everything is operating perfectly. i allow the car to go through self check every time i start (pressing the start button without depressing the clutch) and not once was there a hickup. Quality through and through, good luck with your business endeavors buddy.

I ordered 2 TAs from Abdul and got them shipped to me within 3 business days.
Abdul was very kind and very easy to work with. For Canadian buyers there is a small increase in price but overall you are still getting a good deal.
I did the install myself and now my car no longer has any error codes and runs perfect.

Thanks again!

What I found to be the sign my throttle actuators were going was a lurching in 1st gear while still cold. Bank 2 soon threw a code. Gear was pretty worn (sharp teeth) and lots of black shavings in the housing. Bank 1 wasn’t that far behind.

I can also vouch for Abdul at M Power Motorsports. He’s eager to help, got them in under 2 days, lifetime warranty, and well priced.

Hi guys recently replaced my throttle actuator on my e92 m3
USA based super fast service got new ( rebuild) actuators in 4 days
For the site below
https://www.mpowermotorsports.org
$360 each lifetime warranty $100 core charge
Owner will text you guide you through every step
Very reliable

Recently got my throttle actuators from M power motorsports & have to say that I am pleased with the product and customer service that I received from them. Great price compared to other options including lifetime warranty, can't go wrong. Car's been working perfectly ever since I replaced them.

Thanks for all the great reviews and feedback! I appreciate your kind words. And I'm glad I was able to help bring your beast back on the road where it belongs.

Ordered a rebuilt actuator from Abdul a month ago and has been working perfectly. I had some issues that came up that were unrelated to the actuator and Abdul sent me another one to borrow at no cost to rule out any actuator problems.

svinfinity wrote

Ordered a rebuilt actuator from Abdul a month ago and has been working perfectly. I had some issues that came up that were unrelated to the actuator and Abdul sent me another one to borrow at no cost to rule out any actuator problems.

I'm glad everything worked out for you at the end. I'm here to help in any way. I also let a few other people burrow a unit to test in their cars for free. Unfortunately, they haven't sent them back yet nor are they responding to my phone calls. I just don't understand how people can be so unethical. Nonetheless, thanks for sending my units back.