RJ80
True Classic
Some of you may remember, several months ago my driver's side seat adjuster assembly had the plastic "carrier" component break, sending my seatback reclining to the firewall. I contacted TMH about its replacement plastic carriers and after several months, they are off backorder and in my hands. With a few days of good weather left before snow is predicted, I thought I'd try to replace the carrier and take the car for a little drive. Simply put, things went poorly.
There is a circular metal "sleeve" (a very small rolled piece of metal) that runs through the shaft perpendicular to it and keeps the carrier retaining washer from sliding off the end. After several attempts with hammer, punch and PB Blaster, that sleeve won't budge. The shock of my hammering, however, succeeded in cracking the other end of the adjuster, the plastic handle. TMH used to reproduce those in aluminum, but no longer, it appears. Wonderful!
Both my factory shop manual and parts book have no illustration or instruction on how these adjusters come apart. Am I at least correct that the metal sleeve needs to be pounded or pressed out? Thanks for any assistance.
Since my seats need recovering anyway, I'm this close to just sourcing entirely different seats for the car, but I've already spent $130 on these two TMH plastic carriers!
There is a circular metal "sleeve" (a very small rolled piece of metal) that runs through the shaft perpendicular to it and keeps the carrier retaining washer from sliding off the end. After several attempts with hammer, punch and PB Blaster, that sleeve won't budge. The shock of my hammering, however, succeeded in cracking the other end of the adjuster, the plastic handle. TMH used to reproduce those in aluminum, but no longer, it appears. Wonderful!
Both my factory shop manual and parts book have no illustration or instruction on how these adjusters come apart. Am I at least correct that the metal sleeve needs to be pounded or pressed out? Thanks for any assistance.
Since my seats need recovering anyway, I'm this close to just sourcing entirely different seats for the car, but I've already spent $130 on these two TMH plastic carriers!
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