1994 3rd row seat lock down assembly question

[jason5208]

Hi I would be amazed if anyone knew the answer to this but here goes: there is an L shaped bar (bent about 120 degrees rather than 90) which connects between the lockdown assembly at the inside bottom of each of the 3rd row seats to the bracket mounted on the interior side wall. It's purpose is to mechanically pivot the locking assembly downward on its hinge so that it limes up with the striker bar on the floor and locks into place when the seats are lowered. My question concerns this bar. I bought my 3rd row seats not too long ago and I believe the seller told me they came from a 93 or 95. I forget. I have a 94. I'm experiencing a problem in that the locking assembly does not completely pivot to its full vertical 90 degree position when I drop the seats so that the seats lock down when they strike the floor. The L shaped bar that I'm describing appears to be just slightly too short to cause the locking assembly to fully complete it's travel on the hinge. In order to lock down the seats I need to disconnect the bar where it pops on/off the bracket mounted to the sidewall. Does anyone know if this bar is different from year to year? The seat fabric (brownish tweed) is the exact same as my interior. My truck is completely stock and in excellent condition. Any thoughts would be appreciated as I'm constantly raising and lowering the seats to accommodate my girlfriends daughter and her friends. Thanks.

 

[jason5208]

Im sitting in the back of my truck and I realize that the brackets (which mount on the outside ends over the rear wheel well ) cake with the seats and they mounted easily. All holes aligned. So I guess it's not the L shaped bar which is the issue. I'm just stumped on this. Everything looks right and yet there's no way to lock down the seats without disconnecting the bar and manually pivoting the locking mechanism down to a fully vertical position so that it can lock down on the striker bar. I'm stumped.

 

[ppc]

Is this happening on both seats? Are you certain the seats are on the mounts properly and latched? Did you already have the brackets or did you get those with the seats?

 

[Irish Reiver]

I have a '94 and still have the 3rd row seats. Let me know if you want any photos from my set up.

 

[thegadgetguy]

I might have misunderstood your question, but here goes. If you are talking about this bar circled in red (photo cred. goes to 98snakeeater), then I had the same problem when I first got my truck. I just unbent the bar some (effectively making it longer) so that it would rotate the latch assembly farther down to be completely vertical when the seat was in the down position. With how it just floats around not connected to anything when the seat isn't in the truck, I can see it getting bent pretty easily, which is what I assume happened to mine. Hope it helps!

 

[arcteryx]

The seat mechanism is the same, they did not change year to year. post up some pics of your situation