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I've got a "test gear" with the guy who donated the one I copied. I am still waiting for his feedback, mainly because it would be completely unbiased. But I haven't heard from him, will try to send another PM to shake that loose.
But we did a 4-day wheeling trip this past weekend, so I was able to test mine out. It works fine, many adjustments were made to the seat position over the course of the trip. However I noticed more backlash in the seat than I have on my driver's side, like the seat will shift front-back a little bit. It was most noticeable when wheeling, going from uphill to downhill, you'd feel a little shift in the seat. Of course my wife didn't notice at all when I was driving, but I picked up on it.
One thing I didn't do was measure the gear before installing, but it's possible it ran a little small. If so, I can easily scale it up, by whatever factor I want. I still think it's best to err on the small side though just to minimize any binding, but am honestly not sure on that one. If it's too loose then we risk stripping that worm gear, and that would be an even tougher one to draw in CAD, I'd rather not go there. I've got an extra one at work and will measure it tomorrow to see for sure.
But worst case is these should at a minimum restore function to a non-functioning seat, for those of you with stripped gears. Best case is I can tweak it a little to get it a little closer to stock performance. So give me another week or so, hopefully by then I'll have more feedback and if not what the hell let's just run some anyway.. you guys have been super patient and I'm sure if they suck we can work out something fair for a refund.
But we did a 4-day wheeling trip this past weekend, so I was able to test mine out. It works fine, many adjustments were made to the seat position over the course of the trip. However I noticed more backlash in the seat than I have on my driver's side, like the seat will shift front-back a little bit. It was most noticeable when wheeling, going from uphill to downhill, you'd feel a little shift in the seat. Of course my wife didn't notice at all when I was driving, but I picked up on it.
One thing I didn't do was measure the gear before installing, but it's possible it ran a little small. If so, I can easily scale it up, by whatever factor I want. I still think it's best to err on the small side though just to minimize any binding, but am honestly not sure on that one. If it's too loose then we risk stripping that worm gear, and that would be an even tougher one to draw in CAD, I'd rather not go there. I've got an extra one at work and will measure it tomorrow to see for sure.
But worst case is these should at a minimum restore function to a non-functioning seat, for those of you with stripped gears. Best case is I can tweak it a little to get it a little closer to stock performance. So give me another week or so, hopefully by then I'll have more feedback and if not what the hell let's just run some anyway.. you guys have been super patient and I'm sure if they suck we can work out something fair for a refund.