Stiffening plate removal / reinstallation

[cn90]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

Why does BMW state not to reuse the bolts and what can happen if they are reused?

You can ask BMW.

Personally, I think BMW has its strength and weakness.

- Strength is in esthetic "curb appeal", driveability, the "name BMW" etc.

- Weakness is: reliability and repair procedure is overly cumbersome.
Technical manuals were written with liability in mind. This bolt discussion is somewhat dumb simply b/c the crazy (paranoid) engineers wrote that sentence of "replacing the bolts" and not-too-smart people follow it like the Bible. Remember "it takes 2 to tango" and I am not part of this tango.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by cn90

You can ask BMW.

Personally, I think BMW has its strength and weakness.

- Strength is in esthetic "curb appeal", driveability, the "name BMW" etc.

- Weakness is: reliability and repair procedure is overly cumbersome.
Technical manuals were written with liability in mind. This bolt discussion is somewhat dumb simply b/c the crazy (paranoid) engineers wrote that sentence of "replacing the bolts" and not-too-smart people follow it like the Bible. Remember "it takes 2 to tango" and I am not part of this tango.

Same reason why BMW tells owners that the ATF is lifetime, but if you go on ZF's website they state that ATF should be changed every 40,000 miles, not unless it is revised by the car manufacturer. So who are you to believe, the company that sells the trans to the manufacturer or the manufacturer that buys the trans and install it in the car.

[bcredliner]

Originally Posted by cn90

You can ask BMW.

Personally, I think BMW has its strength and weakness.

- Strength is in esthetic "curb appeal", driveability, the "name BMW" etc.

- Weakness is: reliability and repair procedure is overly cumbersome.
Technical manuals were written with liability in mind. This bolt discussion is somewhat dumb simply b/c the crazy (paranoid) engineers wrote that sentence of "replacing the bolts" and not-too-smart people follow it like the Bible. Remember "it takes 2 to tango" and I am not part of this tango.

Insulting others reflects on ones own character.

It is not what anyone's opinion is, the question that needs to be answered is why does BMW states not to use the bolts and what happens if you do. You think it is paranoid engineers and nothing happens. But that is an assumption without any basis in fact so you really don't know. It's just that simple.