TRNW-2: New BMW bolt

[Steve Everett]

It won't be a big deal to the majority of independent shops because they
already won't work on BMW's, I've never minded building BMW units in the
past, but I've not worked on anything newer than the 6hp26's ,   I bought
my then wife a BMW back in the early 2000's ,  and over the years replaced
every part of the cooling system on that car,  as everything was plastic,
I will admit they are a great handling and driving car,  but extremely
aggravating to work on

  Steve

On Sun, Dec 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM Fred Whitaker via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
wrote:

>  Probably won't be a big deal. Amazon and Ebay will probably be flooded
> with sockets if you know what to look for. Which is part of why we no
> longer have a Snap On man.  About 6 months ago ours hung it up.  And I will
> be really surprised if we see another one.  Sad but just a sign of the
> times.
>  You can usually find usable tools such as this faster and cheaper on the
> internet than  a tool truck.  Just as sadly parts are going that way in a
> hurry as well. But in my area the parts people have brought it on their
> selves with (I don't have it) instead of (let me see if I can find one).
> ------------------------------
> *From:* trnw2-bounces at trnw.net <trnw2-bounces at trnw.net> on behalf of
> Darwin via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 20, 2025 3:44 PM
> *To:* trnw2 at trnw.net <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> *Subject:* Re: TRNW-2: New BMW bolt
>
>
> WTF?
> When I see you guys put up stuff like this, I remind myself once again,
> how glad I am to be retired!!
>
> Darwin
>
>
> On 12/20/2025 10:49 AM, Steve Everett via trnw2 wrote:
>
>    I'm sure Snap On will have the necessary tools available soon,  if they
> aren't already ,
>
>    Steve
>
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM John Lovell via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> wrote:
>
> I don't work on these cars to begin with, but WTF??
>
> https://www.autoblog.com/news/bmws-screw-that-no-one-else-can-turn
>
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