F55/F56 What part is this? Plastic behind the interior metal wall. Source of rattle.
#1
06-16-2017, 12:28 PM
What part is this? Plastic behind the interior metal wall. Source of rattle.
On a long battle with never ending rattles, I found this thing as one major source.
It's on the right side wall where the seat belt hangs. Remove the plastic cover, and I see this metal screw dangling in here but not enough to fall out. I can't unscrew it either because the receiving thing behind the metal wall freely spins. If I try pull the screw out by force, I'm sure that the other end is going to just fall deep down inside the wall and that might become another rattle source. I can't pull out the receiving end behind the metal wall either because the hole is too small.
Is there a good way to fix this? Or let warranty handle this?
As a bandage fix, I put some foam tape between the metal screw and the panel.
It's on the right side wall where the seat belt hangs. Remove the plastic cover, and I see this metal screw dangling in here but not enough to fall out. I can't unscrew it either because the receiving thing behind the metal wall freely spins. If I try pull the screw out by force, I'm sure that the other end is going to just fall deep down inside the wall and that might become another rattle source. I can't pull out the receiving end behind the metal wall either because the hole is too small.
Is there a good way to fix this? Or let warranty handle this?
As a bandage fix, I put some foam tape between the metal screw and the panel.
#2
06-16-2017, 01:33 PM
OVERDRIVE
On a long battle with never ending rattles, I found this thing as one major source.
It's on the right side wall where the seat belt hangs. Remove the plastic cover, and I see this metal screw dangling in here but not enough to fall out. I can't unscrew it either because the receiving thing behind the metal wall freely spins. If I try pull the screw out by force, I'm sure that the other end is going to just fall deep down inside the wall and that might become another rattle source. I can't pull out the receiving end behind the metal wall either because the hole is too small.
Is there a good way to fix this? Or let warranty handle this?
As a bandage fix, I put some foam tape between the metal screw and the panel.
It's on the right side wall where the seat belt hangs. Remove the plastic cover, and I see this metal screw dangling in here but not enough to fall out. I can't unscrew it either because the receiving thing behind the metal wall freely spins. If I try pull the screw out by force, I'm sure that the other end is going to just fall deep down inside the wall and that might become another rattle source. I can't pull out the receiving end behind the metal wall either because the hole is too small.
Is there a good way to fix this? Or let warranty handle this?
As a bandage fix, I put some foam tape between the metal screw and the panel.
The shop foreman at MINI Portland is pretty good about dealing with rattles!
#3
06-18-2017, 08:37 AM
