Drivers seat is loose?

[rolfsent]

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mine rocks bit with the same effect and it is play in the sliding rail. i really have to fix it. i dont want to be driving one day and pull an american airlines and suddenly become instantly reclined.

Lol

 

[rolfsent]

So my loose drivers seat just became dangerous. I was leaning back to get my wallet out of my back pocket and I heard a loud pop pop pop and my seat reclined. I pulled it forward and now it just slowly reclines by itself and makes a whole bunch of popping noises (worse than before). Looks like I'm making a trip to pull and pay in the morning.

 

[SunlitComet]

you work for american airlines? sorry to say your seat is gone. strip it for parts where you can, if you cant just get a part that would fix it.

 

[rolfsent]

All the seats at the yard were trash. It also said they had a Denali and was just a mislabeled Yukon.

 

[gmcconvert]

my 97 has same issue. drivers seat with power track. if I lower the seat all the way then no play but when its 1/3 way up or more then rocks when stopping/bumps/etc. It also has enough slop to jam the power adjustment sliding seat forward or backward. I can see joint in rail where metal is worn to sloppy tolerance. I thought would be a simple bushing fix but the more i search it looks like a crappy design and will need to change the rails out. I assume others have had this problem. ???

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Sounds like you went the smart route and swapped for the 99 rails. i believe those are the beefier, redesigned rails.

 

[rolfsent]

my 97 has same issue. drivers seat with power track. if I lower the seat all the way then no play but when its 1/3 way up or more then rocks when stopping/bumps/etc. It also has enough slop to jam the power adjustment sliding seat forward or backward. I can see joint in rail where metal is worn to sloppy tolerance. I thought would be a simple bushing fix but the more i search it looks like a crappy design and will need to change the rails out. I assume others have had this problem. ???

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Sounds like you went the smart route and swapped for the 99 rails. i believe those are the beefier, redesigned rails.

Maybe it wasn't so smart because the seat is a 99 and that's what failed.

 

[SunlitComet]

why would the year matter?

 

[kaoticlife]

my "99" has the same recline type slop in it. I can reach back and pull forward on the seat and it moves about 2 to 3 inches forward. I need to look into fixing this.

 

[BarryD0706]

YouTube video fix for sliding seat

I've put out a video that shows how to fix a sliding seat problem. It won't help with a reclining problem however. Check it out: http://youtu.be/sOjivYnXMAQ

 

[6.0gmt800]

The video that Barry posted is the easiest and quickest method, good job on the video Barry! Heres a link to the kit I used (the same one in the video) about 3 years ago and the seats have been rock solid ever since :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290881948530?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649