I just purchased a 28 MINI for my daughter, brought it home and started giving it a good inspection. I was cleaning and lubricating the tracks this afternoon and noticed issue, broken part on the drivers side.

Bottom line up front, I tried to close the sunroof, heard some pops, obviously a gear teeth slipping, I've wound up with the front glass panel sitting crooked and it won't move anymore. I removed the glass from the frame and can see that left and right bracket are uneven by about a inch.

At this point I'm really stuck, I just want to get the glass down and secure but I can't because the mechanism moving the glass caused the two guides to become in equal.

Is there any way to realigned this stuff? Need help

Dave

 

I've found some other threads that I think will be helpful, the task for the morning will be to get it closed.

I've identified one broken part, it's located in the (L) track, I can't find a detailed exploded parts diagram, not sure what it is.

Can anyone ID this thing?

This is the good one.

 

Have you tried realoem.com? It has diagrams and part numbers.

 

Just looked...nada, but what a great link, saving that one. I hope it's not a component of the sunroof cassette, if so I'm hosed.

I've been able to determine what it does, it's attached to a rod that raises the rear portion of the #2 sunroof.

Spent the morning messing with it, moves smoothly along the complete distance of the track but it can't close w/o grinding gears, left side slips and that cants the glass. Tried manually doing it and the gears still slip. I tore it apart enough to get my hand in there and feel if the motor is loose, it's not.

I'm hosed. I think I'm dealer bound.

 

Not many single parts for the R56+ Gen 2 MINI sunroof. Just the main cassette which has the cables and mechanical slides. 54102758294 . Roller blinds and some other hardware,. Looks like the part that connects to the cable section broke. Only thing you could be is epoxy the old part, get one from a used MINI ( wrecked) , or get the new main cassette.

Parts here:

https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2007-...erior/Sunroof/


2008 R56 MINI Cooper

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=54_0372