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RE: Seat reclining mechanism

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Seat reclining mechanism
From: "Dr. Faustus" <dr_faustus@pcisys.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 23:27:17 -0600
At 09:42 AM 08/05/2002 -0700, ralemen@cableone.net wrote:
>Many thanks to those that replied.
>
>FYI. The seat foams were replaced a month or two back before my vacation 
>trip and all was fine and clean at that point. Never actually inspected 
>the teeth that closely at the time. But I don't recall anything untoward 
>looking.
>I suspect the mechanism due to the symptoms - I can release the lever and 
>it allows movement and sort of locks but then, with that force exerted 
>upon acceleration, it slips.
>
>Alan

My passenger seat was like that.  It was a broken seat frame just above the 
locking mechanism.  I ended up inserting a small pipe inside the frame and 
using that too hold the weld.  It hand been welded/brazed poorly before that.

Andy L.

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