Drivers Seat doesn't fold down....

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Nov 22, 2003 | 10:19 AM

Jasonty

Thread Starter

Pro

Joined: Feb 2001

Posts: 558

Likes: 0

From: Dallas TX

Drivers Seat doesn't fold down....

Hey folks, well I'm tired of my drivers seat not folding down, so I figured I would ask for some help. My passenger seat folds down fine, but my drivers seat sticks or something. It wiggles at the joints, like it wants to fold down, but it won't. Is there a latch or a button that I need to push on it or something?

Nov 22, 2003 | 11:08 AM

BB wowbagger

Melting Slicks

Joined: Feb 2002

Posts: 2,298

Likes: 1

From: Sodertalje/Sweden

Re: Drivers Seat doesn't fold down.... (Jasonty)

Have you pushed the releasebutton on the back of the chair? :cheers:

Nov 22, 2003 | 01:01 PM

Shark Racer

Race Director

Joined: Jan 2000

Posts: 12,399

Likes: 247

From: San Jose CA

Re: Drivers Seat doesn't fold down.... (BB wowbagger)

Car shouldn't have a release button, if it's an 81 we're talking about. Those seats just fold forward. Maybe there's something stuck in the joint or perhaps it's frozen...

WD-40? :(

Nov 22, 2003 | 02:30 PM

Jasonty

Thread Starter

Pro

Joined: Feb 2001

Posts: 558

Likes: 0

From: Dallas TX

Re: Drivers Seat doesn't fold down.... (Pacin'California)

It is an 81, and I didn't find any release mechanism for the seat, so I guess now it's time to pull out the WD-40 can...

Nov 22, 2003 | 03:20 PM

AGVI

Race Director

Joined: May 2003

Posts: 11,814

Likes: 9

From: Science Bitch! Mississauga, Ontario

Canadian Events Coordinator

Re: Drivers Seat doesn't fold down.... (Jasonty)

Take it apart and you'll figure it out...I did! ...and I'm not much of one for figgerin' thangs out!!! :crazy:

:thumbs:

Nov 22, 2003 | 09:18 PM

red topless gator

Melting Slicks

Joined: Nov 2000

Posts: 2,507

Likes: 114

From: St. Louis Mo

Re: Drivers Seat doesn't fold down.... (Jasonty)

From my experience with my 79, it was just dirty and sticking, take it apart and clean it and i bet it works............LT

Nov 22, 2003 | 09:35 PM

80Xflags

Pro

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 508

Likes: 1

From: Maplewood NJ

Re: Drivers Seat doesn't fold down.... (Jasonty)

There's actually a counter weight in the seat hinge that will fly forward if the car stops abrubtly. That way it locks up the seat so it doesn't fly forward with you if you get in an accident . . . the seat belts work the same way. I had that problem with one of my seats where it wouldn't fold down so I took the mechanism apart and found out that one of the plastic housings holding one of the weights was cracked and so the weight was drooping into the lock mode. A little epoxy fixed it up real quick. :thumbs:

Matt

Nov 23, 2003 | 01:12 AM

Fleetwood

Pro

Joined: Aug 1999

Posts: 749

Likes: 0

From: Perth,Western Australia,Australia

Re: Drivers Seat doesn't fold down.... (80Xflags)

Same problem with my seats,you need to remove the hinge covers to lift the inertia weight up to fold the seat done.Best the remove them & repoxy back into there plactic housings.

Neil.