Play in seat

[SpillmanCruiser]

Took a road trip this past weekend and moved the seat around a lot to get comfortable. Now I have about a 1/2" of play in the seat, meaning it slides front to back when accelerating and braking. Never did this before.

Did a search and found this thread https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/14808-shifty-seat.html, but it does not seem to answer the problem. The rocking back and forth is annoying and it's got to go. Any help appreciated.

1997 40th.

 

[concretejungle]

i have a lot of "slop" in the seat also. I took the passenger seat out last weekend to replace the plastic plug from nakman and also thought i could tighten things up. Found out that there was a lot of play on the actual gear-rail that moves the seat front to back. Nothing i could figure would tighten it.

 

[Atoyot1031]

My old 80 had that problem, so my wife drove it into a concrete retaining wall, I bought a new one, and now it's fixed!

 

[SpillmanCruiser]

My old 80 had that problem, so my wife drove it into a concrete retaining wall, I bought a new one, and now it's fixed!

Posts like this are as annoying as my seat

 

[Atticus]

Have you tried just adjusting it back and forth? Mine was loose, but then it tightened up.

 

[SpillmanCruiser]

Have you tried just adjusting it back and forth? Mine was loose, but then it tightened up.

Kind of what I was thinking since this is what triggered the play. I've tried but I guess I'll have to find that sweet spot where it doesn't move.

 

[gotmud]

My passenger seat back has some slop in it. I noticed if I make it straight up or recline it a bit, the slop goes a way.

 

[etarasoff]

Posting to this thread as I opened a similar thread for the same issue:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/im-at-my-wits-end-power-seat-is-loosey-goosey.843275/

The fix for this issue (seat sliding fore and aft) is ridiculously simple. The issue is with the brackets as indicated by the red arrows in the picture below (which is not my picture). Inside those brackets are some white plastic bushings the threaded rod spins inside of. Eventually these wear out slightly, and a little bit of play is generated.

But the advice in that picture (which I believe is part of the instructions for the Gamiviti seat gear repair), to make sure the brackets are perfectly perpendicular to the lead screws (threaded rods), turns out to not be that great, especially on an older seat. As any of you who have done the seat gear repair know, those brackets can be tightened down at a slight angle instead of perpendicular, and by design they don't really "lock into perpendicular" position. By fastening them at a slight angle, just enough to tighten up on the rod, the seat play/clunk/looseness is completely eliminated...and the seat still moves fore and aft smoothly.

 

[dbmaxpayne]

Had a similar issue.
Turned out to be something different, though.
For further reference: Front Seat Jiggle / Clunk - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/front-seat-jiggle-clunk.263344/post-15161283