Hey all, I'm totally new to the forum so if this has been asked to death if you'd just be so kind as to provide me with a link.

We just got a 95' 960 with 128xxx miles and are pretty stoked about it. Today however the right side track for the driver seat was stuck so after trying back and forth for a while and worrying I was going to destiny the motor I just unbolted the seat, turned it over, cleaned out the crud and got both tracks moving again.

The problem. The right track is now no longer synced with the left track and as annoying as that is the bigger problem is that seems to be preventing me from reinstalling the seat as the right track will press agains the console because of the incorrect alignment. How on earth do I get those tracks realigned. I'm an amateur at best but can follow instructions pretty well.

Any advice would be great. The misses is going to be pretty annoyed if I don get this one sorted out soon.

 

you have to disengage the gears and move the track in question to be equal to the one that was not affected. how did you get it misaligned without disengaging it in the first place? it could be a pain! or you could undo the cable of the affected side from the motor and move it to where you want it...

 

It must have become unaligned because the left side had about an inch or so of play and that's about the difference I'm working with now. Is there a simple way to remove that cable? That seems like an easier route that disengaging the gear. Thanks for the advice!

 

Yes, there is a way that is simpler to get back into alignment.

There is one motor that has cables originating from each end of the motor, left and right side of the gear boxes, if you can access while the seat is still in the car, that will save a lot of time and your back, because that seat has to weigh close to a hundered pounds.

Just remove one end, the easiest one to reach and manually slide the seat to alignment. Now reattaching the cable will require some finesse, as the end of the cable is square and needs to match up with the motor spindle, or the gear box on the seat rail, which ever end you decide to approach.

Research seat track problems, one of the things that happens is, the square end of the cable rounds off, or is too short for the sheath and eventually pulls out of the gear box to the track. Shortening the sheat is the only fix. It pulls out of the gear box and not the motor spindle because it only fits into the gear about 1/4", the motor spindle is about an inch.

DanR '94 964 387,000 miles (153,000 on the new engine)

 

i would not do this with the seat in place! it may be possible but the frustration factor is not worth it...

 

Thanks! I got it sorted out today. Leaving the seat in the car but in the reclined position and turned on it's side I was able to get access to the cable from motor to the passenger side gear (after much much pondering on which side and access point was going to be doable). I loosened the two bolts holding the cable in place enough to pull it out just enough to disengage from the motor and using a crude measuring tool aligned two tracks up. Tightened everything back up and the seat went in like a charm.

 

Good to hear that worked, but I will bet you will have problems again in the future, because that sheath is just a tad too long for the inner cable.

Also, thank you for reporting back, this is what the site is all about.

DanR