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Thread: E34 tool kit lock screw

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    Default E34 tool kit lock screw

    I did a search and have come up with nothing.
    Anyway my tool kit locking/ retention screw #5 in photo has sheared off inside the retaining nut in the top of the trunk.
    it appears I just buy the screw and install by threading thru the exsisting hole...has anyone experienced this and is some special procedure for this repair?



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    Just buy it and install thry the threaded hole.

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    Back in 2007 I got this from BMA. It's the special screw and the threaded plug it goes in.

    Screw Plug 71 11 1 179 444 1 - $1.79
    Threaded Plug 71 11 1 179 445 1 - $1.70

    Part 4 and 5 from your picture. It's in the ETK under: Equipment parts => Car tool/Lifting Jack

    Mine does not look like yours, so you should verify Part Numbers.


    It's and easy fix!

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    Quote Originally Posted by califblue View Post
    I did a search and have come up with nothing.
    Anyway my tool kit locking/ retention screw #5 in photo has sheared off inside the retaining nut in the top of the trunk.
    Use Winfreds expansion tank screw procedure to remove the broken threaded part, heat up a screw driver to melt a notch in the plastic broken screw deal and let it cool. Then unscrew it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 632 Regal View Post
    Use Winfreds expansion tank screw procedure to remove the broken threaded part, heat up a screw driver to melt a notch in the plastic broken screw deal and let it cool. Then unscrew it.

    Regal, GREAT IDEA!
    I was going to try a reverse thread easy out drill

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    FYI,

    They can break when done up too tight AND when not done up tight enough. If loose, they rattle looser. Then, holding by only a few threads, they break when you hit a big bump, or even worse for the screw, when you slam the trunk!

    Not very common, but it happens.

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