front seat gear swap (Broken Seat/Missing Cap Issue, pt. 2) (1 Viewer)
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That all looks proper to me. The two washers on each side of the gear case keep the gear floating a slight amount on the shaft.
but my question is how do you get the little trim plate on the front, back on when the two little screws are located below the cushion almost as if you need a flexible screw driver?!
Got to tilt the seat all the way up at the front, then tilt the back forward before you unplug it.
So I just swapped out the gears and all was well until.....I reconnected the electrical. Push the "lever" forward to move the seat forward and it moves back. Pushing it back moved it forward. WTF? Of course I checked the connector. Any ideas?
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I haven't heard of this one before.. did you figure it out?
Reason I'm back on this thread is I was doing another seat repair today on a customer's rig... and when I went to install the driver seat I noticed an issue with the bolt hole alignment in the floor. I've seen this before and have always cautioned folks to cycle the seat back & forth before tightening anything down, just to make sure the seat itself isn't causing the slide mechanism to be under any excessive load. Well in this case, I had to yank on the leg with just about all I had to get the bolt line up. Without the bolt, and it's off by a good 10mm... here's a pic:
My theory is that at some point in this seat's life, someone thought it was a good idea to sit on it on the garage floor... and/or maybe it got dropped a little bit in the process. But when this bolt was in place, the newly repaired seat would travel forward, but bind up instantly going backwards... if I took that bolt out it would run in both directions. So the obvious solution is to either try to bend that leg back to where it should be, or just waller out that hole... we went for option B.
Literally pushing sideways with the step drill, pretending it's an end mill... but in a hot minute that hole was much larger than it was before, and the bolt could be installed by hand.
And then all 4 bolts could then be tightened, and the seat operates again in both directions. I'm not sure if that's been documented before, so there you go.
edit: I also made a quick video of our new press tool...
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@nakman Yea, I figured it out.....Turns out that the entire gear mechanism can be installed backwards (L&R). I didn't even think about that when I reinstalled it. Chalk another one up to trial and error
Option B.....good choice!
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Thread from the dead here…
So, all was well with my first attempt at this (D & P side are inop)….unit it wasn’t. I got all the way to the point of pressing the gear off and my splined coupling cavitated. My gears from Gamiviti are set to arrive today but I’m dead in the water now. Are these still available somewhere or am I completely hosed?
So, all was well with my first attempt at this (D & P side are inop)….unit it wasn’t. I got all the way to the point of pressing the gear off and my splined coupling cavitated. My gears from Gamiviti are set to arrive today but I’m dead in the water now. Are these still available somewhere or am I completely hosed?
i think it's OK to say here we have been selling beefed up new versions of the worm drive gear stay.
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………is this supposed to help me somehow?
………is this supposed to help me somehow?
some people buy rigs that are missing this cap piece or occasionally they break or go missing during a repair. they are also not a bad item to have in the glove box. i've been slow getting the word out so wanted to mention it in case some power seat warriors need a pair. YMMV.………is this supposed to help me somehow?
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Looks like Amazon wins again. Anyone have any experience with these?
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none positive. I have seen them seized inside the gear housings... what's the inside of your broken one look like? If it still slides over that knurled shaft, I'd probably try to run it.
Yeah, the Amazon reviews don't look good on the brass (tight fitting)
How about these full plastic gears?
I had posted about them a while back, but can't remember where I saw them
How about these full plastic gears?
I had posted about them a while back, but can't remember where I saw them
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Those could work too. No idea where you found them?
Not sure
Posted this thread a few years back and the brass gears weren't well received, so I just ordered another set from Gamiviti and threw them in
Newer style seat gears? (1 piece plastic vs brass)
So about a decade ago, I got a set of Gamiviti gears/caps to fix my passenger seat, then later on fixed my driver's seat. Passenger still works as it should, but the driver's side quit working a while ago. It once got stuck while I was vacuuming and I had to unbolt the seat to line up the...
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Yeah, I already have a set of Gamviti gears. My issue is that I broke the coupler the gear presses onto. I think I’m just going to have to buy the whole housing.Not sure
Posted this thread a few years back and the brass gears weren't well received, so I just ordered another set from Gamiviti and threw them in
Newer style seat gears? (1 piece plastic vs brass)
So about a decade ago, I got a set of Gamiviti gears/caps to fix my passenger seat, then later on fixed my driver's seat. Passenger still works as it should, but the driver's side quit working a while ago. It once got stuck while I was vacuuming and I had to unbolt the seat to line up the...
Ok, a little update on this....
Couple weeks ago the wife tried moving her seat and it just quit.
It was already on its second Gamiviti gear, so I figured I'd try out one of the brass.
Sold as a pair on Amazon, they arrived next day.
Pulled the seat and the plastic gear was definitely munched.
Of the two brass gears sent, one looked pristine while the other looked like it had been used before.
Tried putting that one on the shaft and it just wouldn't fit (too tight)
Tried the other one and it slid on just fine
Popped it in, loaded it up with grease and it appears to be working fine
Couple weeks ago the wife tried moving her seat and it just quit.
It was already on its second Gamiviti gear, so I figured I'd try out one of the brass.
Sold as a pair on Amazon, they arrived next day.
Pulled the seat and the plastic gear was definitely munched.
Of the two brass gears sent, one looked pristine while the other looked like it had been used before.
Tried putting that one on the shaft and it just wouldn't fit (too tight)
Tried the other one and it slid on just fine
Popped it in, loaded it up with grease and it appears to be working fine
