pa.legendman

Greetings, Everybody!!

My 1991 Sedan's front passenger seat (the non-powered variety) recently began acting up. I can no longer move the seat all the way to the rear of the track (permitting maximum leg room for the front passenger). On inspecting the track, there seems to be a black tongue-shaped piece of metal hanging from the upper seat into the track, which slams into the rear border of the floor-mounted track whenever I move the seat to the rear, thus preventing me from moving the seat to its rear-most position.

Has anyone experienced this problem before or know how I might go about fixing it? I haven't removed the front passenger seat from the car yet. Is seat removal simple and would it allow me to access the piece of metal that seems to be causing this problem?

By the way, I searched through my Helm manual before posting. It contains no helpful information on this particular problem.

Any advice you folks could give me would be greatly appreciated.

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pa.legendman

 

cbr900bikes

its easy to remove the seats
4 14mm bolts
2 at the front and 2 at the rear.
the hardest thing is to remove them damn trim/clips thats covering the bolts

pa.legendman

Hello, cbr900bikes!

Thanks for the prompt reply. Do you know of any tricks I can use to remove the plastic trim pieces covering the bolts you describe? I'd like to accomplish the task without damaging the car's interior.

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newowner92LS

if you use a flat head screwdriver or something similar you should be able to pop the plastic covers off. I went at them where they meet the carpet, and with patience was able to remove them without damaging them.

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pa.legendman

Bump.

Anyone have any thoughts on why I can't get the front passenger seat on my 1991 Sedan to go back all the way--and suggestions to fix it?

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cbr900bikes

its hard to tell without a picture of the metal you are talking about
but the easiest fix will be to buy a new track from me.
bolt off yours and bolt on mine
you can't get easier than that

pa.legendman

Greetings, cbr900bikes!!

I find your suggestion tempting . . .
I plan to remove my car's front seat tomorrow and will report what I discover. In the event that I need a new track for the seat, I'll happily purchase the one in your possession.

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cbr900bikes

good luck
i hope u can fix it without changing it for a new one
that money could be put towards a mod or something

pa.legendman

Greetings, All!

I today removed my car's front passenger seat and discovered the impediment to moving the seat to its back-most position on the seating track. A cylindrical metal roller, which normally lies within the track and acts, I gather, like a bearing, had slipped out of place and become lodged within the track mechanism. I simply removed the bearing and reinserted it in the track. That seems to have fixed the problem (though I suspect the fix will only prove temporary, because I did not correct the problem that caused the bearing to slip from its customary location in the first place).

A final thought: removing the seat provided me with an opportunity to thoroughly clean the area beneath it. I keep my car's interior spotless, but I was amazed at the amount of debris I found in cracks and crevices under the seat that are not normally reachable with vacuum cleaner attachments.

Thanks again for everybody's thoughs and assistance. (cbr900bikes, if the bearing again dislodges and jams the track in the near future, I'll PM you concerning the sale of a new track for my car's front seat.)

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cbr900bikes

hopefully that bearing will stay put and behave itself