Having a seat issue
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Racer
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From: Seabrook Tx
Having a seat issue
Just bought a '98 and discovered a strange issue with the driver seat. The power controls seem to work fine, but when I move the seat all the way forward I am further away from the pedals than I would like. I am 5'9" so I am thinking something is limiting the seat travel. Any ideas?
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Racer
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From: Seabrook Tx
I am wondering if the back/front is too high/low. Maybe I need to get the seat level front to back and about half-way up in height? Will try playing with that on my way to work tomorrow.
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Racer
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From: Seabrook Tx
Played with the seat a bit today. Tilting the seat to various positions made no difference. When moving the seat forward there is definitely a hard stop where it's hitting something in the track.
Le Mans Master
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From: Kelowna BC
I agree, the next logical step is to remove the seat. Maybe something is blocking the movement. Make sure nobody made any mounting mods maybe? (Maybe the previous owner was 6'-9")
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Racer
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From: Seabrook Tx
I raised the seat up all the way and looked under it. Nothing obvious blocking the travel. When moving it all the way forward, there still a couple of inches or more of track left that is not being used. Must be something inside the mechanism jamming up. I will let my mechanic pull the seat and figure it out.
Last edited by Crussader; Dec 3, 2015 at 08:54 PM.
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From: Birmingham Al
It's shame that GM did not put WAY better seats in the C-5 Corvette ,I have a 03 AUDI with 200,000 miles and the 16 way seats and the leather still look new and it works like new .. What were they thinking .I have rebuild my 04 seats 3 times they are right now , I put lots work into them just make a point I could do it . That was dumb ,should put them in the can ... Now I got C-5 seats that look good not bad to sit in but still crappie C-5 seats I should have put the Viper seats in ,next time ..