» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | 02-22-2017, 03:45 PM | #46 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 4 | Non US Cal-Roof gears I have 1 in maritime Canada. Not aware of any others in CAN. but they may be a handful. Did they ever reach R S Africa, or OZ ? | | | 04-26-2020, 01:47 AM | #47 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: St Louis Posts: 8 | Somewhere in Germany Somewhere in Germany are a few boxes of these gears, NOS, gathering dust. | | | 04-26-2020, 04:41 PM | #48 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 179 | Replacement Gears Again Available 2020 __________________ 98 318ti MSport M52, 88 M3, 97 M3/4 | | | 04-27-2020, 05:41 AM | #49 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Dodging potholes in SoCal Posts: 454 | I have a plastic one from the above link waiting for when it's necessary. I have a feeling that the brass version might tear apart the other gear. __________________ '96 318ti California Edition- Montreal blue '68 1600-2-Caribe blue | | | 04-27-2020, 05:48 AM | #50 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | Quote: Originally Posted by FunElan I have a plastic one from the above link waiting for when it's necessary. I have a feeling that the brass version might tear apart the other gear. | I have a brass gear somewhere. It will mesh with the metal worm and direct drive gear... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 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! | | | 04-27-2020, 02:41 PM | #51 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 179 | Quote: Originally Posted by BlackBMWs I have a brass gear somewhere. It will mesh with the metal worm and direct drive gear... | The brass gear(s) I had before (and these look the same) replaced the pair of plastic gears with a single gear. If I recall correctly, the plastic gears had some "give" to the pair that the single brass gear does not but a little caution when running the top to the limit was all that was necessary. __________________ 98 318ti MSport M52, 88 M3, 97 M3/4 | | | 07-14-2020, 01:48 AM | #52 | Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Denver CO Posts: 4 | gear results? Trusted-1 and BlackBMWs so did these gears work out? My Cali roof stopped and I can't determine if the gear is what is needed. The motor does spin. I would certainly get some of these as they are way cheaper than the whole cartridge provided I could even find one those. The links show the brass gear as no longer available; though I can contact the seller and cross my fingers. The plastics ones seem to be for a different BMW model (Z3). Perhaps the same gear is used in both applications. Again your thoughts. Time to get the roof closed. Thanks. | | | 07-14-2020, 05:51 AM | #53 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 179 | If the motor is spinning and the roof is not moving, it is likely the gears but you may have missed out if they are no longer available. The same gears were also used on the VW Polo model not sure what years. My buddy has a whole top for sale with the motor gear assembly but not sure if he will part the motor from the top. You can try taking the geas apart and flip one over to get some more use but make sure the top is cleaned and lubricated so it moves freely. Too much force is what causes the gears to fail in the first place. There is no built in limit switches in this model so you have to release the button as soon as the travel stops. __________________ 98 318ti MSport M52, 88 M3, 97 M3/4 | | | 07-14-2020, 04:37 PM | #54 | Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Denver CO Posts: 4 | Thanks Trusted-1. I understand about your buddy possibly not wanting to sell the motor separately. I'm gonna dig into this and I'll let you know about contacting him. This has been a project I have had on the back burner for so long. Just been driving it recently again and really want it out more but not to worry about rain. Mine is stuck "open" (about 98-99% closed but no way to get it to latch down manually that final bit). As you can imagine it's quite noisy too at highway speeds. | | | 07-14-2020, 08:02 PM | #55 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Dodging potholes in SoCal Posts: 454 | I had luck "shimming" the motor with a thin washer, so a different part of the gear was connecting. Been working okay for 6 years. @Trusted-1 - any chance that roof you speak of has a wind deflector they want to get rid of? __________________ '96 318ti California Edition- Montreal blue '68 1600-2-Caribe blue | | | | | 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 | | | |
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