25th January 2008, 16:41
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Originally Posted by CWY_M5
haven't needed this on E39, but search for E34 or E38, this is very common problem, where cable "stretched", and the ends got disengaged from the motor (assuming your motor still cranks, hence only one side is moving).
Two fixes I have seen:
short route, stick a wire to the end of the cable, towards the motor.
Long route (this is what I did), cut a section (1cm) of the sleeve off, and buy some fuel hoses to wrap around the joint (you've shortened the sleeve), and the problem will be fixed for good.
easiest if you remove seat, and while you are at it, might as well do all the cables, quite a few there.
search in E34 forum, headrest or seat twist
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The e34 threat does show that! yes, the seats on the e34 M5 chassis are different, but you are right, its that damn cable! With a car like that, you'd think that the 'seat design' would be state-of-the-art and would not use cables rather than perhaps rigid rods or something to that effect!
I will be probably playing around with the seat this weekend so if I do fix it, I will post the fix unless someone already has done so with pics and done this in the past!
Any takers?
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