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Old 02-11-2015, 07:44 PM
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Looking for one problem and Found another

My newly acquired 2004 X5 has started to shift hard and I am seeing puddles under it. So I looked under it to see where the leak was coming from and noticed this...


and this...


The sway bar mounts are missing the bolts on both sides.

Does anyone know what size the bolts for the mounts are?

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Old 02-11-2015, 08:12 PM
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I believe they are standard M10 bolts.


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Where is the aluminum reinforcement plate?
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Where is the aluminum reinforcement plate?

Good God. I thought something looked funny.....

It's uh......missing.


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And the missing bolts are fancy one time use torque+angle bolts. Should be 6 all together. You can find a replacement aluminum reinforcing plate on eBay.
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wowsers......does your car go like this around corners? VV

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It handles pretty well...but its a good thing that I don't race her.

What does this Plate look like? Does anyone have a picture?
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V8 and I6 reinforcement plates are different. Picture below is for I6 models. Make sure you get the correct one.

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