[bmw335ie90]

I've been getting a clicking noise from the center of the dashboard near the windshield whenever the chassis flexes (going over speed bumps, taking a hard turn etc.). Did a bunch of things to try to find the source, thinking it was coming from the dashboard.

Then I stumbled on this thread: https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/d...r-bolt.847022/

Tightening the center bolt of the strut brace bars did not help in my case but removing the bars entirely did solve the problem. Finally the noise is gone! I've removed these bars 10-15 times in my ownership re-using the fasteners and never torqueing to yield. I'm going to buy new bolts and torque to yield in the hopes the noise does not come back. If it does come back I will contemplate just leaving the bars off the car because this noise is un-bearably annoying.

Just curious if anyone else has dealt with this? Odd that it has never been an issue for me until recently even after removing and re-installing the bars a bunch of times.

[E93Seattle (Racerbruce)]

haven't a few on this site placed a thin nylon/plastic "washer" on the bolt and this alleviated the issue?

others posted this re torque spec:
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1027717