SPF Driver's Seat

[Lowell W]

Steve,

Hmmm, that's interesting. On the bright side: now you know it isn't all that hard to get the seat in and out! There is no reason in the world why you shouldn't be able to move the seat easily all the way forward and all the way back. If it goes through its full range out of the car and only goes part way when it's bolted in, it must be twisting or binding when it's bolted into the car. By all means, call the guys at Dynamic, but you'll need to know what's causing the problem, as a new set of adjusters may not be the solution. Your car should not have left the dealership without this problem having been addressed. If, as you said in your first post, they've never experienced this problem, they may not be much help. If you were near the dealership, the easy solution would be to drive it over and say, "Fix it", but in your case that's not an option. Once you get this figured out, I'd call and talk to Ron or Dean and let them know you had this problem so they can address this with the factory.

OK, let's try this. First, loosen each bolt by a few turns and try sliding the seat back and forth. You may need to not be sitting in the seat. If it works better with the bolts a little loose, it's an indication something between the floor and the adjuster is causing the adjuster to bend or bind; possibly lifting or pulling down on one corner or diagonal corners or by pulling the track down at the ends with a hump in the middle, and it may not be by much. You may be able to shim a corner or two or raise the entire seat by a few washers to straighten things out. Also, it may be that the floor is flat, but the seat isn't. The tracks work OK until they're bolted to the flat floor, then the misalignment between the floor and seat causes the adjuster to bind.

If that doesn't work, take the seat out, set each adjuster on the same teeth, set the whole thing on the garage floor and draw a circle around each of the studs on the bottom of the seat adjusters. Look to see whether one stud is higher than the other three; if so, you can try shimming that corner. Measure hole to hole and corner to corner, then take the same measurements on the mounting holes in the car and compare the two. You may find a slight discrepancy, and again, it won't take much to cause the adjusters to bind. It MAY be possible to gain enough wiggle room by loosening the adjuster-to-seat bolts, moving the track(s) a little bit and retightening. If not, you may need to drill the holes in the seat frame or the floor a little oversize, which wouldn't be a big deal. Just make sure you don't wind up the carpet with the drill bit.

Hang in there. It's an annoying problem, but not a major one. Please let us know what you find.

Lowell