installation of seatbelt button/stopper

[rob101]

Hello everyone,

recently i've had to order a seatbelt button that stops the seatbelt being pulled in too far into the seatbelt retractor
http://bmwfans.info/original/images/9477_p.png (http://bmwfans.info/original/E36/Cou/318is-M44/ECE/R/M/1996/05/mg-72/) it is part 14 and 15.
I thought they would be just something you'd click into each other but the spike of part 14 is smaller than the hole in no. 15. I've searched high and low to try and work it out. i have read somewhere that you need a special tool for this to crush the head of the spike similar to a rivet. is anyone able to shed some light on how i might do it?

[shogun]

No, you have to heat up the tip of item 15 after insereting item 15. No clip in. Use a soldering iron or something like that. Must be heated to get soft.
Or heat up a bolt or piece of iron and press it onto the piece that it get's soft and locks.

[rob101]

No, you have to heat up the tip of item 15 after insereting item 15. No clip in. Use a soldering iron or something like that. Must be heated to get soft.
Or heat up a bolt or piece of iron and press it onto the piece that it get's soft and locks.
Ah I see, thank you shogun it is much appreciated

[AngryPopTart]

While we're talking about seatbelts, is there a way to make the return work better? I can't remember because I haven't driven my E34 in a few weeks, but I know at least in the later 528 I'm driving around at the moment, I have to feed the belt back into the hole. #@*($&!

[Qsilver7]

... in the later 528 I'm driving I have to feed the belt back into the hole. #@*($&!
Im assuming you're referring to the e39 528i, right? On the e38 & e39...sometimes the front seatbelts don't retract correctly when the height adjuster has fallen down and rubs the belt.

Make sure that the piece indicated in 1st pic below isn't doing that on your 528...

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/bucks99750il/seatbelt%202.JPG

[Qsilver7]

(continued from post above since I can't get everything I want to say in one post!)
...if the seatbelt heigh adjuster is rubbing the belt...you'll need to fix it (see item #2 in diagram)

http://www.bmwmobiletradition-online.com/bmw/diagrams/k/r/38.png

[Torque]

OK Since we're dealing with seatbelts here, I might as well ask my question. The cover around where the seatbelt retracts, on the passenger side, coupled with the lumpy idle of the m30 kinda rattles every now and then. What can I do to fix it? That's my only rattle in the whole car.

[BMWCCA1]

I have the tool for installing the seat-belt buttons. It doesn't work. Heating (as suggested) is the best way but I find you have to clamp the parts in a small vice-grips or similar clamp while you heat it or it'll just spin in the belt when you're done. I've always used a cheap soldering iron for heating. I'm not quite sure what BMW (Repa, whoever) were thinking with the tool. No matter how much pressure you apply, it won't re-form the pin properly. BTW, the buttons work great on older BMWs when you get tired of the two-part "clamp" coming apart. Conversely, if you get tired of trying to install the buttons, the two-part clamp will work on the E34, too.

[AngryPopTart]

Just checked, it's not rubbing. Any other ideas?

[madjeff]

While we're talking about seatbelts, is there a way to make the return work better? I can't remember because I haven't driven my E34 in a few weeks, but I know at least in the later 528 I'm driving around at the moment, I have to feed the belt back into the hole. #@*($&!

So I'm not the only one with the ghetto seatbelt?! :D I've been meaning to tear into that thing but during the summer it was working great, now that it's cold it's back to the manual feed...

[shogun]

you can do this at your own risk, slack seat belt fix
http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/290248/

[Bo525i]

Slightly OT!

I have 2 steelwire retractors mounted in the floor under both front seats at the front clamps, does anyone have a description of use and seat mounting for these thingies? I can´t seem to find a description or pic anywhere..

I have manual seats, are they important coz 1 is broken off?

[shogun]

http://www.bmw-540i.com/1995-540i-seats/front-seat-removal.php

[Bo525i]

Awesome Shogun, thx a million! :)