 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  02-14-2006, 11:47 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |  Seat Back Broken.... PICTURES
I posted this on bf.c earlier today.... So I get in my car the other day and when I leaned back, I noticed the seat back felt funny. It had a "twist" to it, and the top right (right shoulder) felt like it was more loose than the right. Today I took it apart and discovered the metal joint just plain snapped. WTF. I guess I'm gonna try to weld it back together. I'll post some pics after I weld. PIA  --  --  --  --  --  |  |  | | 02-15-2006, 01:18 AM | #2 | | Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bouncing off the rev limiter in CT! Posts: 3,156 |
...Somebody's been having a bit too much fun in that seat...  | | | | | 02-15-2006, 01:33 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 190 |
I had that same thing happen to me. I took the seat apart and removed all the padding material. I welded the seat back together (have to be careful, that is really thin metal). I also attached some Strap that I had cut down and welded that in there to to re-enforce the back. Then put the seat back together __________________
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^  I just don't get it, I weigh less than 160lbs., and I haven't been rough on it at all.  | | | | | 02-15-2006, 01:35 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by 318tibimmer I had that same thing happen to me. I took the seat apart and removed all the padding material. I welded the seat back together (have to be careful, that is really thin metal). I also attached some Strap that I had cut down and welded that in there to to re-enforce the back. Then put the seat back together | Excellent! I did notice that the metal was fairly thin. A reinforcement would be a good idea too. | | | | | 02-15-2006, 02:47 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 |
Reverse the words and you get "Broke Back Seat". I don't wanna know what happened in that seat.  Quote: | Originally Posted by J!m ...Somebody's been having a bit too much fun in that seat... | __________________ 
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Dammit! I wanted to be the first one to make the "Brokeback Seat" joke.  __________________ Silver 98 318ti Standard trans, Sport Package: 16" Stock Wheels, Foglamps, Sunroof, Heated Leather Seats, Bilstein performance shocks, OEM Sach's clutch kit, Dunlop SP Sport A2 225/50/16 tires, Alpine CDA 7894, Dual Rockford Fosgate 12" subs, Rockford Fosgate Amp, Leather Armrest, Replaced M44 engine with only 40k on it!
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Seat is only made for one person at a time. How much does GF weigh?  Quote: | Originally Posted by J!m ...Somebody's been having a bit too much fun in that seat... | | | | | | 02-15-2006, 07:04 PM | #9 | | Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bouncing off the rev limiter in CT! Posts: 3,156 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by twomato Seat is only made for one person at a time. How much does GF weigh? | They don't call her "tons of fun" for nothing...  | | | | | 02-15-2006, 07:26 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
She's built like a junior college linebacker j/k | | | | | 09-09-2012, 10:49 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: norcal - 94590 Posts: 3,186 |
Time to bump a very old thread...  My driver's seat felt like it had a rocking motion in the seat back. A few weeks ago, I took the seat out and found a small weld break in the main frame. A small screw took care of the split weld, but only partially resolved the rocking... So today, I took the seat out and completely disassembled the back to discover 3 broken welds and a cracked corner...  Notice the lower right corner has split completely... and how the whole thing is tweaked;   Some one had a "Great Time" in this seat before me! So I broke out the welder and went to town re-welding all four spots. Seat reassembled, re-installed, and tested. Feels solid and secure now...!!! __________________ 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! | | | | | 09-09-2012, 11:36 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Potomac Falls VA DMV Posts: 1,794 |
Welds look solid __________________
Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 09-11-2012, 01:25 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 |
+1 did the same repair last summer..
Both sides broke on mine..
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This just happened to me. Who has a ti that isn't a project car? __________________ ...steven
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