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Originally Posted by bcredliner
A standard practice is not subjective. It is based on a particular set of parameters that prove it is the fact based process.
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Subjective as to when that "particular set of parameter prove it is a fact based process." Not every standard practice is backed up by engineer reports and experimental testing, or is even fact based. IE: BMW used to recommend 15000 mile OCI... nobody who valued their BMW followed that recommendation. Standard practice was 5000-8000 mile intervals among car enthusiasts.
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Originally Posted by bcredliner
The number of times the plate is dropped a year should not have anything to do with it. Why would anyone need to drop the plate 5-6 time a year?
This is the best debate of this issue we have had since there seems to be some consensus that high cost drives the decision to reuse the bolts when it clearly should not.
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Subjective. It has nothing to do with it
for you. It might be the only factor to someone else, or a contributing factor to yet another person.
As to the plate
needing to be dropped 5-10 times a year... mine has been off 3 times so far (once for sway bar bushings, once for cleaning/degreasing to track an oil leak, and I don't remember why the third time... maybe for fun?). Will be off again when I do the differential fluid in the coming weeks. Again, we are talking a subjective point of view. 5-10 times sounds like a lot to some of you, but to me, I'm likely to hit at least 5 this year. Dropping that plate is barely past removing wheels/tires to me, which I do a lot for cleaning. Am I strange? Probably. Certainly wouldn't be the first time I'd been called that.