E34 tool kit lock screw

[califblue]

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?
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Mzg5WDUwMA==/z/m1IAAOSwxYxUuJT2/$_12.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzU0WDUwMA==/z/EaAAAOSwmrlUuJT5/$_12.JPG
TIA

[shogun]

Just buy it and install thry the threaded hole.

[Javier]

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!

[632 Regal]

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.

[califblue]

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

[genphreak]

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.