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Originally Posted by Fishspeaker
I originally went with the rivet method folks had suggested to deal with the front stud break however one rivet eventually broke but in a twist of European irony I discovered I was able to bend a thin Ikea wrench and use it to hold a nut in place between the two subframe plates on the front stud area to bolt/nut attach stabilizer support. Used a piece of packaging tape on top to hold the nut in place while I bolted in from the bottom.
UPDATE: looks like my pix didn’t go through so uploaded to this album:
https://www.e90post.com/forums/album.php?albumid=20094
Used a bolt and nut from a mini bike engine mount I had laying around which fit perfectly into the wrench. |
Genius!!
The Bently manual lists two torque specs. I when with the higher spec and found out the hard way that I was wrong. I broke the stud that had more access so i just threw a nut on the back and a bolt from the bolt bin.