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Originally Posted by teinesina

This is such amazing info, but how do people who work on their own cars ever know if BMW has decided to use a stretch bolt in a particular application? Or are some unfortunate folks not replacing bolts and being unsafe without even knowing it? Or does bmw assume no one works on their own cars anymore?

You need to use the shop manuals that are readily available online, it details all the bolt torques and when to replace them. Although there are multiple sources, this is the most readily accessible one I know of at the moment: https://www.newtis.info/
Here is a sample bolt torque listing for the front axle on an M240i and other cars that use the same components: https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...nsion/GaWkSeLo