sasha@lazytrips Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Hi, I have a little problem. The driver's seat won't recline backwards BUT will recline forwards and move back and forth. It is now reclined waaaay too far forward to be driveable and I was wondering what the problem could be. I checked underneath the seat and played around with all the connectors which all seem fine. The fuse box seems fine. Could it be the switch? If so, is there anything I can do before the morning to be able to drive it? Thanks, Sasha Quote
3FIDDYZ Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Seems your Zed just decided its a honda civic! Think dcash had the same problem at one point in time (or he was sleeping whilst he was driving!!) Quote
stanski Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Ok so assuming you have leccie seats here? The only way is to unbolt the seat from the floor and check if anything is trapped in the gear machanism. Do nit under any circumstances force anything. Worse case you need to remove the motor to release the mechanism although I don't know what it looks like underneath maybe Alex has a schematic. The other thing is to gently tap the base incase something has fallen in the gear or try to remove the switch - unplug replug or switch the switches so to speak with the other one just to test the switch. Be careful !! Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted November 2, 2009 Author Posted November 2, 2009 Ok so assuming you have leccie seats here? The only way is to unbolt the seat from the floor and check if anything is trapped in the gear machanism. Do nit under any circumstances force anything. Worse case you need to remove the motor to release the mechanism although I don't know what it looks like underneath maybe Alex has a schematic. The other thing is to gently tap the base incase something has fallen in the gear or try to remove the switch - unplug replug or switch the switches so to speak with the other one just to test the switch. Be careful !! Thanks for this. Will try to give it a go. Will test the switch first to make sure it's not that, then see if I can play with the motor bit. Quote
ZMANALEX Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 As Stan has suggested, try the switch first. Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted November 2, 2009 Author Posted November 2, 2009 Thanks for this Zmanalex, BUT I've just fixed it Took the whole thing apart, got to the motor. For some unknown reason (I didn't do anything to it) the gear thing wasn't lined up properly and was at an angle. So it could pull one way, but not the other. I first thought the power was cut to it as it wasn't even making a tiny noise, but the power was there. All it took once I got to that stage was a few whacks of a big heavy spanner and it went back into place. Put it all back together and it works Hurrah! Quote
R35LEE Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 It will be the switch. Fairly common problem. I have sold a few now but only ever sold 1 seat motor Quote
stanski Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Nice one Sasha well done - did you take any pictures for a guide? Quote
sasha@lazytrips Posted November 3, 2009 Author Posted November 3, 2009 Nice one Sasha well done - did you take any pictures for a guide? Unfortunately I was too keen to get it finished and go to bed to take any pictures. Needed to go to work in the morning Quote
stanski Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Nice one Sasha well done - did you take any pictures for a guide? Unfortunately I was too keen to get it finished and go to bed to take any pictures. Needed to go to work in the morning No worries mate glad you got it sorted Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.