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Old 2nd April 2012, 16:25   #51
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Nice - glad you got it fixed!

For anyone in this thread waiting for a video, be sure to check out this newly posted thread by Terabass:

VIDEO: Twisted seat repair/fix - super easy

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Thanks to this DIY I got through fixing my twisted drivers seat and passengers seat. Terabass' video made it look so easy when it wasn't so easy for me at first.

Let's just say I almost had a bit of a panic attack when my drivers seat was completely twisted and wouldn't even sit level on the floor of the car(I removed only the front bolts) after cutting the first 1cm of rubber around one of the cables. It turned out I cut around the wrong one lol and made it twist even more. I thought I actually bent the seat rails lol. At that point I left it as is last night to try again today with a fresh start and positive thinking.

I found that after cutting the rubber surrounds, the key is to pull the cable out to disengage, get the seat lined up and actually sit in it to see if it feels right and then push the cable back in to feed the cable to the motor and test the movement and you will be good to go.

I completed fixing 2 cables on my drivers seat and also one on my passenger (didn't know about until I tested it today) and man it felt good to get it back to normal. I did the passenger side with the seat in place without removing any bolts and did it in under 10 minutes. Easy as pie after you get the idea behind it all.
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Has anyone had to work on the thigh support? My passenger side thigh support extends but does not retract. It seems to be a bar that extends rather than a cable, but I don't want to start tearing out the seat if it's a simpler fix.
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i just did right side of my passenger seat
i used this video

BMW Seat Twist Repair.$0 cost.ACTUAL REPAIR of twisted seat!!! e39,e34 - YouTube

took me 2H , the most difficult part was to remove the seat , this thing is heavy !

My suggestion is to remove the seat from the car , once the seat is out you can do it right and easy on both sides

And NO this job is not 10 min work or you want to redo again and again

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i just did right side of my passenger seat
i used this video

BMW Seat Twist Repair.$0 cost.ACTUAL REPAIR of twisted seat!!! e39,e34 - YouTube

took me 2H , the most difficult part was to remove the seat , this thing is heavy !

My suggestion is to remove the seat from the car , once the seat is out you can do it right and easy on both sides

And NO this job is not 10 min work or you want to redo again and again

GL
Glad you got through it but you didn't have to remove the seat and you didn't need to disconnect the wire from the motor as in the video! All you had to do was find the correct cable and cut out 1 cm or so of the plastic/hard rubber jacket around the wire, level out the seat by pulling out the cable and re-feed the cable to the motor and tape it up. So, yes, it could have taken you 10 minutes.

It took me longer on my drivers side seat as I had to take care of 2 cables after I first cut the wrong one and twisted my seat further, but it took me less than 10 minutes to fix my passenger side tilt after I knew what I was doing.

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what is T50 bolt torque for seats ?
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