Front Seat Jammed

lorri789 · Oct 5, 2012

Ahoj!

I have bog standard manually operated seats and when I lift the bar and push the seat back it is jammed after a short travel. I'm led to believe that the seat should move freely for da MOT.

Anyone help me?

I can't get the seat far enough forward to get the bolts at the back to take the seat off to get a better gander. Would holding the bar up and then ninja-kicking it from behind help?

92 Classic

dogsbody · Oct 5, 2012

lorri789 said:
Ahoj!

Would holding the bar up and then ninja-kicking it from behind help?

92 Classic

Only if you're sat in it at the time.

Almost guarantee there's a coin or a bolt stuck in the runner. Forcing it will only cause more damage. Time for a young, fit, flexible sort of human with a torch I think.

lorri789 · Oct 5, 2012

righty ho!

lorri789 · Mar 6, 2013

Okay, finally got around to it today and I can see a screw-nail lying flat in the runner. Any tips?

Datatek · Mar 6, 2013

lorri789 said:
Okay, finally got around to it today and I can see a screw-nail lying flat in the runner. Any tips?

Remove it

lorri789 · Mar 6, 2013

er, how?

stutab · Mar 6, 2013

You got a small magnet on a pen thing that looks like a extending car aerial, they are great for things like that. If not only a few quid from diy stores. Either that or there are pincer things available.

Datatek · Mar 6, 2013

Bit of welding rod with a hook bent on the end.

lorri789 · Mar 6, 2013

Thanks. I tried the coat hanger today to no avail. The screw would have to be bloody brass wouldn't it?

Is there a decent way to dis assemble the seat in situ? It was too dark by the time I got to look at that. I can't get access to the two rear allen screws.

zen · Mar 6, 2013

air line..

lorri789 · Mar 7, 2013

Well, I've developed a miniaturisation ray that will shrink some volunteers that will go in there with equipment and mine it out.

lorri789 · Mar 7, 2013

They didn't come back

Saint.V8 · Mar 7, 2013

:hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi

norseman · Mar 7, 2013

lorri789 said:
The screw would have to be bloody brass wouldn't it?

In a RR? I wonder where that came from. If the offending item is'nt jammed how about suction via a small dia tube.

lorri789 · Mar 7, 2013

nah mate. It is a foreign object as it must have fallen in. It is lying flat and is a bugger. I cannae move the seat. It is truly wedged in and a number of people have already lost their lives trying to get it oot.

biggeeeee · Mar 7, 2013

Next time you see a White transit van in your street moving slowly, flag it down and tell the driver any metal he can find in the runner is his.

It'll be out quicker than Elton John

lorri789 · Mar 7, 2013

This is driving me bonkers

biggeeeee · Mar 7, 2013

If you need an extra pair of hands, let me know, you don't seen far away.

lorri789 · Mar 7, 2013

Thanks man. I'll have another bash tomorrow and see what happens.

biggeeeee · Mar 9, 2013

Take it you still stuck.

Have you got a hot melt glue gun, if so squeeze some glue onto the end of whatever can reach the offending screw wait a few mins until glue solidifies and hey presto - screwless

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