Re: Seat channel and mono wiper questions

[Justin <scirocco16v@gmail.com>]

Yeah I managed to get it into the position it's in now, before it was
stuck locking the seat in position, now though if I put the seat back
in it wouldn't latch in place so the seat would just slide around.
I'll try to clean it up a bit and grease it then, see if that gets it
moving.


On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:56:45 -0500, Matt Gregory <vdub.grego@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:48:46 -0800, Justin <scirocco16v@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I took my seats out for cleaning out/removing carpet etc... the
> > passenger seat had been stuck for a long time, upon attempting removal
> > I discovered why. Here's a picture:
> >
> > http://img181.exs.cx/img181/3672/seatchannel7cj.jpg
> >
> > The piston circled is locked, is there any way I can solve this?
>
> If it's stuck out like the picture shows then the seat should freely
> move back and forth.  The only thing I can offer is to try and take
> the springs off, pull the piston out of there (maybe tap it through
> from the other side with a punch and a hammer), clean and grease it,
> and put it back together.  That should get the piston functioning
> correctly again.  If the seat is stuck, i.e. not moving, then I'd
> expect that the rails just need cleaning and greasing.  I'm assuming
> nothing is bent.
>
> HTH,
> matt.


--
Justin Tomlinson
Clearwater FL
'82 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v

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