 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  02-16-2015, 07:22 PM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 25 |  Fixing seat flip forward lever
The lever on the side of the passenger seat that you pull to flip the seat forward for passengers to access the rear seats broke on my car recently. You lift the lever and it doesn't do anything. I'm guessing there's a cable or something that needs to be repaired. Does anyone have any tips on how to repair before I start taking things apart?  |  |  | | 02-16-2015, 11:44 PM | #2 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 6 |
If you figure it out, post some pictures. Mine are broke too  | | | | | 02-17-2015, 06:11 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: norcal - 94590 Posts: 3,186 |
The lever(s) attach to a Bowden cable that has broken or detached from it's lower mount (under the seat).
The cable is cheap ($15), but you should remove the seat from the car and take off the seat back to get to the cable (a bit of a pain, but I have repaired so many seats it's second nature to me). __________________ James 95 active w/leather interior and sport interior conversion, Vaders, full M-Tech exterior conversion. Now m50 swapped* Eibach sway bars, D2 Coilovers, Depo's w/AE's, blacked-out sides and grills, LeatherZ console and door armrests, 1 series starter button mod, and custom finished Style 5's <--- in this color! Named "Roddy":  *M50 6 cyl. swap with fan delete, S50 cams and chip, AFE stage 2 intake, M3 clutch and 11.5 lb Fidanza flywheel, 3.15LSD, battery relocated to rear and complete custom exhaust. Sweet!  97 318ti sport, Alaska Blue, Contours, coilovers, Dove Vaders and custom black/grey interior named "Max" 95 318ti Active in Cosmos, S50 swap in progress... named "Pit" SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | | | 02-17-2015, 08:46 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 |
It would be a good idea if you also ordered the circlip that hold the cable on the shaft as well. You can reuse the original if you take it off carefully, But hey, Murphy is everywhere...  It is an easy fix. Just pay attention to the cable routing to put the new one in the same spot.  __________________ 
1998 318ti Sport - "Cali" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, Cali top
1998 318ti Sport - "Max" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, S52
1997 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior
1995 318ti Active - "Blanca" Alpineweib III/Schwartz leather interior
Other Current Bimmers: 2006 530i / 2000 2.3L Z3 / 1997 1.9L Z3 / 1999 540it
1997 318ti Sport - "Huera" - RIP
1995 318ti Active - RIP
1995 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Sold
1994 325i Sedan - "Jade" - Sold
1991 318ic - "Bert" - Sold
1985 635csi sold
1984 533i "Max" Sold
1984 318i sold
BMWCCA #160411
SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE!
Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | | | 02-18-2015, 12:53 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
And when you remove the seat I would inspect the welds for the back.
I had mine welded several months ago due to the seat twisting. __________________ ...steven
BMW CCA #146825
1996 BMW 328ti • 2003 MINI Cooper S • 2016 M235i
www.bmwcca.org
| | | | |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | |
 Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
|
Linear Mode
