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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2017
- IMPORTANT: The spring is made of quite brittle metal and can snap if bent incorrectly. Applying heat with a torch is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to avoid snapping the spring.
Today on JD cars we are fixing a common E90 issue, the stuck cup holder. This is a very common problem, but luckily it can almost always be repaired without having to replace the cup holder. The most common issue with the cup holder is a friction gear which slows the opening motion. Thanks for watching, and feel free to leave any questions in the comments below. Please like and subscribe!
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I love quick high quality informative tutorials. Thank you!
Those damn cup holders lol
I’ve broke a few in my time 🤣
Good idea to make a video on this!
They are quite tricky! Thank you for the support!
I watched your vudeo, went outside and did this. Done. Took less than 30 minutes start to finish. And you are correct that removing the reduction gear helped. Thanks for the video 👍.
Thanks bro! Fixed my cup holder been bugging me for months was about to just buy a new unit then saw this vid. Tried the bending technique and it would just break (had the same blow out in plastic holding as you) so I just cut a new tab works great. Thanks again :)
Very good! You explain every step and what to watch out for! Nicely done!
Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful!
Excellent yet simple repair, Thank you Sr!!
Solid video , thanks
Great explanation, thank you!
thanks .... 100 pct perfect !.....cupholder now working again , saved me a lot of money
Great vid man. My spring snapped when I tried to bend it. I drilled and cut another slot at the plate at the back inserted the spring and it worked! Cheers
Thank you! Good video!
Thank you. Worked for me too. Metal was brittle but a 90 degree hook worked with the housing holding it in place.
Wonderful video - complete and smooth. I did disassemble the gear and lube it up and seemed to get back to normal. Well see how long that lasts!
Thank you. This was helpful
Well done video. Thanks!
Thanks you. Great video. It’s important to just note that the metal that you have to bend back can break very easily. Take your time and bend it back very slow. I broke it and then Dremelled it down and bent again, and it broke second time as well. Third time lucky for me.
Excellent! great detailed video. My cup holder is now back in action! Thanks!
Glad to hear it! Happy we could help
incredibly good video bro
I had exactly same issue, so I did everything like you (thanks a lot for that DIY guide!). I had the biggest struggle with bending that spring ending. I've broke that part 6-7 times, cuz its hard to bend it withoug breaking (reducing length of that spring, and I was afraid that spring will be too short to work). I realized that I have to bend very carefully with the shape of circle, because bending too extremely, more like folding paper was causing break into pieces.. Also tried another way - made hole at the end of the spring, and tried to bind it with bolt, nut, washer, but every bolts had too thick "head" so the cup holder sliding part could not fit (it was colliding). So I had to try your option with carefull bending and ... it works! :) Unfortunately its now working with that slowing down cog, because its just opening like 1-2cm and stops.. so I had to mount without that cog, and its poping out immediately, as yours. I prefer to have nice, smooth and slow movement of opening cupholder, like I have on the passanger one, but... its better to have fast opening cupholder, than not working :P.
Thanks man, I have successful fix my cup holder by following your tuts 🙌🏾 #salute
Thank you! This will be my first project for my E90!
Perfect!
Ended up taking it apart and the spring was unhinged like yours. Broke the securing clip on the end of my spring, ended up making a new end clip for it to secure the spring. Took about 30 minutes of naughty words and sweating, but it ended up working great! Thanks for this video, I was in the dark about fixing this issue before seeing this. I've seen your videos in the past about the eonon sterio I installed, but this was the perfect video for my issue. Thanks a lot!!!!!
Awesome!! I’m glad that you were able to recover from the snap. I’m sorry to hear many have had trouble with this step.
any tips. mune keeps on breaking when i bent it back
@@johanjanse5113 did u figure it out lmk
@@colbygrizzaffi6530 think i just heated it up a bit
That cup holder looks like it will fit in my ar15
Hahaha ikr!
That thing would fit a saiga 12
Lmfaoooo fr
Nice video!!!
Thanks for the help
about 4 years and some months later, your video still helping people.
sadly my spring was unrecoverable. but i managed to get a normal springs at the back that would just push out the cupholder enough for me to pull it out manually. your video helped me with the teardown and understanding of the inner workings, which was such a huge help!
Nico, this is exactly why I make these videos! So glad to hear this one was of help to you. Cheers!
awesome video man thanks. love the murdered out look on your e90 btw👌🏽
Thanks!
Thanks for the help dude!
Glad to help!
Nice work
Hey man! Thank you for the great video! I just fixed my cup holder thanks to you!
One tip for all the people struggling with the spring (breaking too easily) - use needle pliers to bend it and bend around the tip of the pliers. If the thinned end of the spring breaks- use the cutter of the pliers to trim the edge of the spring and try to bend it with the pliers around its tip (the pliers’ tip).
Cheers!
Glad the video was helpful Georgi! Thanks for sharing your tip about the needle nose pliers
Another tip is once the metal is bent in a c shape, use the needle nose pliers to clamp from the outside and squeeze it like you're squeezing a lemon. To make the c shape even tighter. That seems to avoid breaking the metal
Smart fix, good job 👏
Thank you! 👏👏👏👏
my problem was solved 👏👏👏
Thanks! I'm going to try this tomorrow on my 328xi.
Thanks for the info very helpfull
You're welcome! Glad to help!
You deserve everything
Perfectttttt, thankyou for taking the time and explaining. Faster looks a lot better. 🤘🤘🤘🤘💪💪💪
Awesome! I’m glad you found the video helpful
Great video. Production was awesome intersting and informative.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super helpful. Thank you
Glad to help!
Ty for showing how to actually fix it instead of just replacing 👌
Glad to help!
Thank you man,,i have 320d is doing exactly that,thanks,,,,,,,,,,,South Africa
exactly what i needed
Just seen this vid and now subed
Perfect. Thanks.
You are the man bro helped alot rather faster than slow anyway
Glad to help brotha!
Thank you I was waiting for someone to upload this video I'm doing thia tonight! Thanks again!
Glad to be of help!
Man I fuck up my drivers side cup holder. However passenger side worked perfectly just fine by removing the little gear
great video. it really helped me to fix it
maaan, that cup holder can give me a black eye. great job man
Very good video
Thank you!!!!!
Awesome thanks.
You bet!
Thank you
Awesome bro! Gives me the confidence to have a go at fixing mine myself :)
Be careful, the spring would snap if you try to bend it like he did. Hope this comment isn't late
Thanks man, you really help me
You're very welcome! I'm glad we could help!
thank you
Good vid, very detailed, thanks cor saving me money 😂👌🏼
Glad to help!
Great job...i learned from you..tq man
Glad to help!
well made video
My metal was a bit more brittle than yours, so I had to take a slightly different route, I put the metal roll out piece through the hole (which I had to drill out a bit more first)… I also had to drill a hole through the metal so when I got to the other side, I looped to tiny zip ties threat to prevent it from pulling through. That did the trick. Thanks for the video.
This is a good video, you actually fixed the issue that I had, but unfortunately the plastic housing on mine was broken and I was not able to bend the spring, it just snapped when I tried to bend it around a small screw driver., but if I had not done that, it would have fixed my issue.
Well broke my cupholder trying it but oh well... worth the shot. Just bending back the metal on the spring and it broke. Wonderful design BMW.
U have definitely save my E90 320i coffee holder.. BOTH of mine Coffee holder are not working. Thank you soo much
I just bought an E90 so imma have this channel on speed dial 🤣
Bought one over a month ago don’t regret it 👍
Thanks!!
You're welcome!
I gave it a thumbs up even though it didn't work for me. My spring tab broke instantly when I tried to bend it to make the hook.
Great video bro. I need to do mines.
Glad you found it helpful!
yo thanks bro!
Thank you kind sir.
Glad to help!
Thank you so much
Glad to help!
Nice I fixed mine on 328i the rolling spring was out I did same what you did the hole holding the spring roll was broken, Beware if you have same problem when your twist on the metal on the roll it’s very sensitive and it break I had to adjust somehow and remove that plastic hole , now it works like charming nice video dude👍
Woohoo! Glad to hear it all worked out for you!
Great video! I was lucky my E93 driver cup holder just needed some cleaning and a little teflon lubricant on the spring and now it retracts fine. Hopefully, that doesn't change any time soon.
Awesome! Nice work.
Hey thanks I just leave it out used to fish it out with my keys 😂 now I got some to do thank you
just did the e46 door lock repair cuz its a common problem too, good vid! wish my e46 had a damn cupholder lmao
Hahaha they are very problematic!
When I bought my 2011 new, I thought it was going to be the first thing to break. It wasn't, but was in the first five.
Thank mate I just repaired mine and I am back in the business baby
Sweet! I'm glad it worked out for you
u r a gift from god sir 😉😀
Hahaha
Home run. Same symptom, disassembled per your video, same broken tang holder, bent over a new piece after trimming with tin shears, ran under hot water to clean entire mechanism, shot a ton of silicone lube over every moving / contacting plastic parts. In and works like new.
The only tricky part was separating the internal cover, the outer one came off easy. Worked a big bladed screw driver in and lifted and pried apart.
Awesome! I'm glad it worked out for you!
Useful video! Kinda felt hungry for Chinese after though...
Genius.
I agree with Lucas Gonzalez. I had a feeling the tab would snap being spring and it did. Tried to reform a tab and heat it to bend but no help. Where the spring tab inserts there are 2 plastic lips that crack. I should have used my 3D pen to plastic weld the lips. No worries now. Just ordered one from FCP EURO and they lifetime warranty everything.
Thanks!!!!
Glad to help!
Thanks fam
Glad to help bro!
Honestly great video, I was thinning about just replacing them, did not know you can fix them. My bros car none of them work.
Try to fix them first!
Dayum full clip
THANK U
Glad to help!
Lmao, that shit like KAPOW give me your cup!! But yea, my cup holder is stuck too...now I know!
My son gets scared now that it pops out so fast!
this is such a useful video. i have a 2006 e90 and none of my cup holders work at all. very annoying
I'm glad you find it helpful! Wasn't sure if anyone would really find it helpful!
Thx, As an E90 owner I learn a lot of repairs knowledge on TH-cam.
You have to man repairs are expensive bro went to dealer for ac replacement they said 5000 to do the job angle eye bulb replacement 500bucks some idiot push the front sensor in to pull it out over hundred bucks
Thank you for the video! I was able to correct the same issue without any hassle !!
If anyone here gave a thumbs down is because they a jealous, great DIY, VERY INFORMATIVE
THANK YOU!
Glad you found this helpful Theo!
Exact same issue with mine however when I tried to bend back the end of the spring, it broke off. Ended up shortening it and bending it further up. So far it works.
The other thing is the mechanism is super sticky. I removed the slower-gear but it’s still sticky as hell. Oh well. At least I can use without a tool now :P
Same thing happened to me. Super sticky can’t get it working properly. Guess I’ll order a new one.
hi, do you know where I could get the 2 blue parts? Both mine broke
My cup holder was stuck I removed the lil heat like you did. I realized my cup holder has a spring but doesn’t have a hole to hold the spring
Thanks for that video mate I’ve just fixed mine it’s only took me one hour ha ha ha
Awesome! I'm glad the video helped!
@@JDCarsChannel videos like these save people so much money it’s unreal 😉
my latch on the spring roll broke off :( any thing i could possible do?
Not bad dude, I will try on my E39
Sweet!
JD..... WHO IN LA CAN DO MY INTERIOR PARTS LIKE YOURS I CANT FIND ANYONE THANKS ERIC.
ERIC EDMUND it's not that hard,I believe he has a how to video on it.
I'M ONE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO CAN'T DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE WITH A RULER...LOL OTHER THINGS I'M GOOD AT BUT NOT THIS KIND OF STUFF NO ,LET ME KNOW OF ANYONE IN LA WHO COULD HELP THANKS ERIC. CHEERS
Diy I did mines bro
NICE......CHEERS
ERIC EDMUND honestly dude I would just goggle car wrap shops around your area.Its pretty much the same thing just on small interior parts.
Great video, I have the same problem with my cup holder. Only problem is...when I went to bend the end on the coil/spring, it broke off the tab. Oh well. Was figuring I needed a new one anyways , it was worth a try.
WAIT! This happened to me too (I thought just because it was cold out) I heated the end up a bit with a torch and it bent without snapping.
Robert Sullivan that was exactly what happened to me lol now I gotta get a new one! It was worth a try!
JD, it was 70 degrees out when I did mine. So not the cold, but maybe I will give it one more try and heat up the end of the coil. Keep you posted. Nice work on your car, looks great.
Hahahah same thing just happened to me but it still has a little piece should I still try to bend it ?
Thanks for the tip.............
Tried this but the spring broke! It's very hard steel. So I lifted an inch or so of the spring with pliers and softened the last half inch with a cigarette lighter and then bent it into shape. Had to grind off 5 mm both sides or so of the new bend to reduce the width to locate in the slot and to stop it rubbing on the slide but, ok now
I’m glad to hear that it worked out!
Great. I've tried to lube mine using WD-40 white lithium grease, but with no luck, it got worse than before. I'll try to clean the grease and use another lube (thinking of graphite).
I got the same problem... I will try to fix it