How to remove the power seat switch?
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How to remove the power seat switch?
I've got one switch on this cluster that only works in one direction. My goal is to take it apart to clean it, or at least spray some electrical cleaner where I can. The problem is, it looks like it was never meant to come apart - not even from the wiring harness! Has anyone successfully separated the two parts? Help!
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Just in case it doesn't help. Here is a link to a new switch that I had to purchase for my '81.
https://corvetteparts.com/item/switc...trol-1981-1982
They offer track and motor rebuilding for the power seat as well.
https://corvetteparts.com/item/switc...trol-1981-1982
They offer track and motor rebuilding for the power seat as well.
Last edited by Street Rat; Apr 5, 2017 at 09:44 AM.
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Joined: Feb 2017
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From: Iowa
Just in case it doesn't help. Here is a link to a new switch that I had to purchase for my '81.
https://corvetteparts.com/item/switc...trol-1981-1982
They offer track and motor rebuilding for the power seat as well.
https://corvetteparts.com/item/switc...trol-1981-1982
They offer track and motor rebuilding for the power seat as well.
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seat switches
Hey garrettb I have a bad seat switch also and it seems to take a lot of prying to remove it from the plugs base. Just wondering how you made out sure don't want to break anything. Suggestions?
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To tell you the truth, I was never able to get the switch apart. I couldn't do it without risk of breaking something. After I was done tinkering with it, the switch started regularly working again. I'll still probably take the wiring harness out and spray electrical cleaner everywhere, but I don't want to separate the switch.
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Switches
To tell you the truth, I was never able to get the switch apart. I couldn't do it without risk of breaking something. After I was done tinkering with it, the switch started regularly working again. I'll still probably take the wiring harness out and spray electrical cleaner everywhere, but I don't want to separate the switch.