Remove rear shunshade from shelf

D-Ros · 11-28-2015, 10:33 AM

My rear sunshade is getting stuck occasionally, so my plan is to take the sunshade out of the car and figure out what is going on with it on my workbench.

I have the rear tray removed, but can't figure out how to remove the sunshade from the shelf.

Thanks for the help!

kiel_dafo_kenyg_as · 11-28-2015, 12:46 PM

To give you an impression: I retrofitted the mechanical sunshade and it was >2 hours of work.

If the only problem is your shade gets stuck occasionally just drive it up and down 20 times or even better 50 times in a row and the issue will be gone for a long time

D-Ros · 11-28-2015, 09:26 PM

Running it up/dn many times won't help, it gets stuck at the top every time. I've already cleaned and greased the top track and all linkage parts with no improvement. I think the issue is in the gearbox.

Can you tell me how you got your mechanical sunshade attached to the tray?

kiel_dafo_kenyg_as · 11-29-2015, 04:49 AM

The DIY shows how to remove the tray. There are minor differences between e90 and e92. Follow this link:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42207

The attached pdf may also be of help (describing preliminary work)

Nitrousbird · 11-29-2015, 09:40 AM

My car has this option and I never use it. Maybe because the windows are tinted.

D-Ros · 11-29-2015, 11:35 AM

Thanks for the links and the pdf, much appreciated. Dug some more and the mechanism is only available pre-installed onto the tray and there is no way to remove it. Grrr. Will be disassembling the motor gearbox to figure out what is going on and hopefully fix it. At e38.org there are several articles on failure modes in the gearbox.

lime · 05-31-2023, 06:00 AM

Thought I'd add some info to this for others who may want to remove their sunshade from the shelf for one reason or another. Of course you can separate the two, obviously BMW had to put them together at some point. Thankfully it's not too hard, just pry the two end caps off, then work along the length of the sunshade pulling the shelf out from the sunshade edge. To reinstall make sure to centre it and then pry both edges back under.

I took a video to show what I mean.

https://youtu.be/AS2GRQFnoPA

Probably not super commonly needed to separate the pieces. I did it because I was swapping the sunshade over to an unfaded shelf I got from a wrecker. Note that if you're fixing the gear drive you don't need to separate these parts, you can unclip the motor itself and I will have a video showing this process available soon.

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D-Ros New Member 9 Rep 29 Posts Drives: 2011 328i Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: MA iTrader: (0)	Remove rear shunshade from shelf My rear sunshade is getting stuck occasionally, so my plan is to take the sunshade out of the car and figure out what is going on with it on my workbench. I have the rear tray removed, but can't figure out how to remove the sunshade from the shelf. Thanks for the help!
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kiel_dafo_kenyg_as DIE ANTWOORD 68 Rep 640 Posts Drives: 335d E92 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Bimmer's home - Bavaria iTrader: (0)	To give you an impression: I retrofitted the mechanical sunshade and it was >2 hours of work. If the only problem is your shade gets stuck occasionally just drive it up and down 20 times or even better 50 times in a row and the issue will be gone for a long time __________________ King of the road says you move to slow
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D-Ros New Member 9 Rep 29 Posts Drives: 2011 328i Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: MA iTrader: (0)	Running it up/dn many times won't help, it gets stuck at the top every time. I've already cleaned and greased the top track and all linkage parts with no improvement. I think the issue is in the gearbox. Can you tell me how you got your mechanical sunshade attached to the tray?
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Nitrousbird Banned 433 Rep 1,602 Posts Drives: '07 E92 335i 6MT Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Powell, OH iTrader: (2)	My car has this option and I never use it. Maybe because the windows are tinted.
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D-Ros New Member 9 Rep 29 Posts Drives: 2011 328i Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: MA iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the links and the pdf, much appreciated. Dug some more and the mechanism is only available pre-installed onto the tray and there is no way to remove it. Grrr. Will be disassembling the motor gearbox to figure out what is going on and hopefully fix it. At e38.org there are several articles on failure modes in the gearbox.
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05-31-2023, 06:00 AM	#7
lime Private 18 Rep 54 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: May 2018 Location: New Zealand iTrader: (0)	Thought I'd add some info to this for others who may want to remove their sunshade from the shelf for one reason or another. Of course you can separate the two, obviously BMW had to put them together at some point. Thankfully it's not too hard, just pry the two end caps off, then work along the length of the sunshade pulling the shelf out from the sunshade edge. To reinstall make sure to centre it and then pry both edges back under. I took a video to show what I mean. https://youtu.be/AS2GRQFnoPA Probably not super commonly needed to separate the pieces. I did it because I was swapping the sunshade over to an unfaded shelf I got from a wrecker. Note that if you're fixing the gear drive you don't need to separate these parts, you can unclip the motor itself and I will have a video showing this process available soon.
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