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Originally Posted by M3 hacker
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Originally Posted by ha9981
Exactly what I remembered too. Got me double thinking when I saw SYT_Shadow comment earlier that they shouldn't be used. Which is incorrect.
Nothing wrong with using those old bolts for the plastigage step.
What if someone used a high torque gun on clockwise trying to undo the rod cap. Wonder if that's what it takes to ruin the rod threading.
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Having changed my cars rod bearings myself - I couldn't think of a reason on how this could happen until I read this post.
Mechanics use impact wrenches too much this days.
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The tech (and the shop) are very knowledgeable and just talking with them while we were all under the car, I'm pretty confident he was following the BMW procedure for their bolts. This was the 8th rod to be clearanced, so his process worked fine for the first 14 bolts.