Re: Broken jack point

[Carguymb@xxxxxxx]

Doug,

You should just be able to replace the "hockey puck" easily; they just snap 
into the hole you're feeling under there.  I doubt you damaged the floorpan 
underneath.  The jack pads are standard wear-and-tear items on E-36's and 
readily available at the dealer.  

To help them stay on, there are a number of thoughts, the best of which is to 
drill out the center of the hockey puck and use a bolt to mechanically spread 
the snap-in lugs for a positive engagement.  Just be sure you can remove them 
when you need to, because the snap-in hole is also the approved tie-down 
point when the vehicle is being flatbedded.

HTH,

Martin Bullen
'95 M3
'97 Z3 2.8

In a message dated 3/16/03 2:00:35 AM, owner-bmw-digest@domain.elided writes:

>Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:00:21 -0500
>From: "Douglas M. Max" <DMax@domain.elided>
>Subject: Broken jack point
>
>Drove over a curb and scraped off the rubber jack point and whatever was
>underneath (er, on top of it). '92 325i
>
>I feel a hole where it was, maybe 3/4"; what was up there?  Do I need a
>new plate welded on or is there another fix?  I'm embarrassed about
>asking, admitting what I've done, but I'd like to keep my car correct.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Doug

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