Hi All,

One of the features that I really love about my E53 has always been the moveable rear cargo load floor. It has made loading items very convenient without a lot of reaching over the tailgate to get things in the forward most position.

The forward part of the load floor is supported and held in place by a trio (I think) of metal bearings or bushings on each side of the floor that ride on a rail on each side, while the rear of the floor slides on a "V" notch that rides in a fixed roller near the tailgate..

Recently, the driver side bearing/bushings have slid out of their nest in the load floor which renders the load floor unable to slide on the round rails.

I can place the bearings/bushings back into their bracket/nest of the load floor but I do not see how they are kept rigidly inside this load floor bracket. Upon the next attempt to slide the load floor they slide out of position and the load floor is once again inop for sliding.

I have looked at Real OEM parts guide and have found the load floor part diagram but do not see any detail relating to the load floor bracket which holds the bushing/bearing in place underneath the load floor.

Has anyone experienced this issue and if so, how did you solve it so as to have a functioning/sliding load floor again?

I will have pics later on this to show the detail of the failure.

Thanks,

Mike

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Mike
Dallas, TX & Appleton, WI
2003 E53 4.4i Pearl Beige
2003 E46 330Xi Monaco Blue
2007 E90 335Xi Black Sapphire Metallic
2011 F25 X3 28i Black Sapphire Metallic