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re: BMW to begin using its own patented screw design. Good luck trying to work on one yourself
Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:15 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:15 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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BMW to begin using its own patented screw design. Good luck trying to work on one yourself
Maybe my neighbors will finally stop working on theirs at all hours of the day and night.
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 2:37 am to VolsOut4Harambe
BMW could turn a big profit on this by all of the mechanics being forced to buy the special tools for these screws
Posted on 1/9/26 at 5:03 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Not sure this is innovative. I and many others I know did something similar 15+ years ago. Took a hex head screw and put a tac weld right in center of slot. Ground off flats so the hex head became round. Then took screw driver and a thin cutting wheel and cut a matching slot in screw driver. Threw the screw driver in center console in case I ever needed it. The question is why?
At the time Ford tailgates were a hot item to be stolen. All you had to do was drop tailgate, angle the tailgate and lift it out of the slot. However if you put a stainless metal hose clamp around it the slot was blocked and tailgate wouldn’t come out. The screw mod made the “special” screwdriver a requirement to get tailgate off. None of us ever had a tailgate stolen ever again.
Not sure if BMW tried to patent but there is prior art to that shite.
At the time Ford tailgates were a hot item to be stolen. All you had to do was drop tailgate, angle the tailgate and lift it out of the slot. However if you put a stainless metal hose clamp around it the slot was blocked and tailgate wouldn’t come out. The screw mod made the “special” screwdriver a requirement to get tailgate off. None of us ever had a tailgate stolen ever again.
Not sure if BMW tried to patent but there is prior art to that shite.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 5:06 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Good thing I am too broke to have a BMW.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 6:35 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I bought a BMW EV. I’ve had it two years and just had to change brake fluid. That’s the first thing done to it. Eventually I guess I’ll have to change the tires.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 6:49 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Screw BMW! how long before the Chinese create a dupe. That works?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:58 am to N2cars
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Holman-Moody
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:10 am to OysterPoBoy
Sick reference, bro.
The A-head goes into the A-hole.
The A-head goes into the A-hole.
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