From dale_at_unofficialbmw.com Thu Jul 4 01:55:06 1996
From: Dale Beuning <dale_at_unofficialbmw.com>
Subject: Re: <E-30> Headrest removal
To: rduckwor_at_msn.com (Bob Duckworth)
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 01:54:50 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: dale_at_unofficialbmw.com

Hate to say this, but I always take mine off by just yanking on them. Sometimes they stick a little, I'll push it down halfway, then jerk up sharply. Works every time.

Dale
'95 M3
'89 325i
'86 325es
'84 318i

> Perhaps the third dumb question of the day:
>
> How do you get the headrests out of the standard seats? '90 325iX. Got the
> SU sheepskins for her car and would now like to remove one focus of complaints
> by putting them on.
>
> I removed the seat back and can see the lower ends of the bar races. I gently
> twisted one way and then another to try to remove from the cross bar carrier.
> No joy. Tried to spread the splines with my extra large fingers and got no
> where. Hands are simply too big to get up into the upper part of the seat
> backs. Is there something hidden up there I should know about?
>
> I know somebody out there has been there before. All advice appreciated.
> Tried to get to the FAQ's but, MSN has the usual internet bottleneck tie-up.
> Everyone is home and surfing. Haynes and Chilton no help.
>
> Private email if its too mundane to interest the Digest or to the Digest if
> inquiring minds what to know.
>
> TIA,
>
> Bob Duckworth
>

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