wobbley seat help
22 February 2010, 07:38 PM
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wobbley seat help
as above i have a wobbley drivers seat i have tightened up the front 14mm bolts x2 and still doing it any ideas? i have mot moro will it fail because of this? any advice welcome thx
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the two bolts at the front,and the whole bottom half of the seat is still wobbley any ideas? just wondered if its a prone thing on scoobs and is there a simple fix
23 February 2010, 08:52 AM
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The seat itself bolts to a subframe, which bolts to the floor. Four bolts.
When I swapped out my UK Turbo seats for STi6 ones, I found it stupidly easy to strip the threads of the bolts holding the subframe to the floor. I did one, and it no longer held. Check that first. When REPLACING bolts, DO NOT tighten other than by hand until you have ALL FOUR in place. If any are tight, wiggle the seat until they go in fully, fingers only. Then tighten with a socket.
If it's not that, remove the seat completely and check the fastening between the subframe and the seat. Also look for obviously-moving parts that shouldn't be. I once drove a Carlton that had yours' symptoms and the sub-frame had been broken by a fat b'stard........a couple of welds and it was OK again
When I swapped out my UK Turbo seats for STi6 ones, I found it stupidly easy to strip the threads of the bolts holding the subframe to the floor. I did one, and it no longer held. Check that first. When REPLACING bolts, DO NOT tighten other than by hand until you have ALL FOUR in place. If any are tight, wiggle the seat until they go in fully, fingers only. Then tighten with a socket.
If it's not that, remove the seat completely and check the fastening between the subframe and the seat. Also look for obviously-moving parts that shouldn't be. I once drove a Carlton that had yours' symptoms and the sub-frame had been broken by a fat b'stard........a couple of welds and it was OK again
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