Tilt mechanism on seat

[AarhusTr6]

hi guys I am presently in my garage hoping for a sunny afternoon drive and when I refit my driver's seat the tilt mechanism at the back of the seat is way over the holes on the plates on the runners ....does anybody have any ideas how this can be so??

[AarhusTr6]

Hi, the seats are not the originals, I have those and will measure the distance but cannot see how that can be differing.

[Scotland Director]

 Could it be if you move the seat to a different position then they don’t align ?

[AarhusTr6]

Hi

I followed this guide from a useful post from last year as tghe alignment was really bad - but can see how the gap is now wider on the seat??

 

The seat needs to be mounted on the runners CROOKED. The left hand seat needs to be rotated slightly counter clockwise relative to the runners, the right seat needs to be slightly clockwise relative to the runners.

Under the front edge of the seat on the runners you will find two ears sticking straight up. These ears mate with the corresponding ears on the seat frame that point down. If you look carefully, you will see that the ears on the seat frame have *two* holes, a forward and a rear hole.

Left Seat: Use the FORWARD hole on the left ear and REAR hole on the right ear to attach the seat to the runners.

Right Seat: Use the FORWARD hole on the RIGHT ear, the REAR hole on the left ear to attach the seat to the runners.

This will do a couple of things for you; get you clearance between the seat and the "B" pillar so you can access the seat belt, and it will align the seat latch with the runners so that you can latch the rear of the seat firmly to the runners.
Likewise for the bolts that mount the frame to the floor, you do not install the frame so that the mounting points are symmetric from side to side. If you do, the fore/aft travel on the seat is very limited

[stuart]

If your talking about the plates that sit on top of the runners at the rear that the catch mechanism hooks too they are slotted and can be moved to suit.

Stuart.

[AarhusTr6]

2 hours ago, stuart said:

If your talking about the plates that sit on top of the runners at the rear that the catch mechanism hooks too they are slotted and can be moved to suit.

Stuart.

Hi Stuart

Yes, figured that, they are pushed all the way back, seems not enough though which confuses the hell out of me!

[Mike C]

On 5/31/2020 at 3:16 AM, AarhusTr6 said:

Hi

I followed this guide from a useful post from last year as tghe alignment was really bad - but can see how the gap is now wider on the seat??

 

The seat needs to be mounted on the runners CROOKED. The left hand seat needs to be rotated slightly counter clockwise relative to the runners, the right seat needs to be slightly clockwise relative to the runners.

Under the front edge of the seat on the runners you will find two ears sticking straight up. These ears mate with the corresponding ears on the seat frame that point down. If you look carefully, you will see that the ears on the seat frame have *two* holes, a forward and a rear hole.

Left Seat: Use the FORWARD hole on the left ear and REAR hole on the right ear to attach the seat to the runners.

Right Seat: Use the FORWARD hole on the RIGHT ear, the REAR hole on the left ear to attach the seat to the runners.

This will do a couple of things for you; get you clearance between the seat and the "B" pillar so you can access the seat belt, and it will align the seat latch with the runners so that you can latch the rear of the seat firmly to the runners.
Likewise for the bolts that mount the frame to the floor, you do not install the frame so that the mounting points are symmetric from side to side. If you do, the fore/aft travel on the seat is very limited

I had to do this to get my seats to fit (mod by tall PO?) , but the PO did not bother about the catches catching. I had to make up new plates for the catches to lock onto.

[AarhusTr6]

11 hours ago, Mike C said:

I had to do this to get my seats to fit (mod by tall PO?) , but the PO did not bother about the catches catching. I had to make up new plates for the catches to lock onto.

cheers mate

did you just extend the hole, ie drill a bit more out??

[Mike C]

Made up longer brackets with a longer slot that effectively moved the edge the seat catch locks onto further back. Unfortunately I don't have the car here to get a good detailed photograph. Here's a section from an old,  more general photograph.