since this car went swimming, is it possible that water got inside
motors and froze the bearings so that no matter how much lube on worm
drives it will still be frozen?
chris
zaphod44@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> I had the same problem in an '89 405 I wanted to change the seat in.
> I think you're best off trying to get the seat to work in the car
> 1st, and then removing it to R&R the drive mechinism.
>
> The reason I say this is because I was not able to access the rear
> bolts to remove it because the seat would not go forward. I got
> impatient, tried to force it, and ended up breaking the worm drive
> gear on each rail. I had to chisel the heads of the seat bolts off
> to get the seat out, and it was a huge ordeal.
>
> For backwards/forwards, I suggest you get in there and clean the
> tracks really well. They have square holes in which the worm gears
> turn. Clean it all up, then put something down to protect your
> carpet, and start spraying LPS or WD in where those worm gears are.
> With the switch, try to get the seat to go back and forth a little.
> Keep giving it oil as you do this, and eventually it'll start going!
>
> Up/down is pretty much the same. In my 405's, the seat is always at
> the bottom and even then I hit my head on the roof! They always
> stick at the bottom. There is just one jack screw that controls
> this. You can see it from under the front of the seat. Clean that
> screw up really well, and get as much oil down inside it's square
> housing as you can. Begin to try to get that seat to go up/down in
> tiny increments with the switch. Before long, it will move further
> and further, and then it will be free again.
>
> Let us know how this goes!
>
> Matt Kile
>
> --- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peugeot-L%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Robert S. Bast" <bastrood@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone had experience with trying to get action in a power
> front
> > seat that will not move? I am reasonably sure the power is good,
> but
> > none of the motors are responding, except that the
> forward/backward
> > motor gives a little grunt if you try that switch. This is the
> > swimming car, which now is getting down to the fine points for
> full
> > functionality.
> >
> > Any thoughts or ideas about potentially productive lines of
> attack
> > would be gratefully accepted.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob Bast
> > Hinesburg, Vermont USA
> > '92mi16
> > '91mi16
> > 89505v6
> > 57citroen2cv
> >
>
>
Received on Sat Jan 19 19:18:25 2008
