Thieves broke my chair

[mattss90]

Hey guys, my tahoe was broken into and the thieves broke the reclining action in the driver seat so it no longer locks into place. Does anyone know how to fix that, or how to get inside the chair without destroying the upholstery and foam?

 

[SunlitComet]

have not tried and know of no one who has tried. instead of the spring action of the lever can you move to lock it manually while moving the seat back?

 

[mattss90]

The backrest just freely slams back to the back seat or forward to steering wheel. It makes it undrivable unless I roll down the window and hold on to the mirror or door frame. Im thinking the gears were broken inside the chair and just really dont want to buy new seats or take it to a chevy dealership. I feel like theyll rip me off or say they cant do anything because of its age.

 

[SunlitComet]

door frame is better. i would rather tear it down myself and fix it myself with new or used parts.

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

dude so they stole the car and somehow in the process broke the seat back what the hell were they doing in the car wrestling a guerilla

---------- Post added at 03:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:59 PM ----------

either that or an ogre stole yer car wich should make identifying the thief easier

 

[SunlitComet]

maybe it was a man and women team?

 

[ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)]

so they steal the car and decide to have sexy time in the drivers seat
dude you should seriously consider get a new chair ahhhhhh that just put a disgusting picture in my head and i threw up a little in the back of my mouth

 

[t.stimpson]

The seat back upholstery is usually just a plastic ziplock clip looking thing at the bottom, just pry it apart and then work the upholstery up the seat rolling it up and off like a sock. Its tough but you can do it. Its the only it comes off, but you should be able to roll it up enough to see the recline componenets and see which parts need to be replaced. You can probably pickt them up at a junkyard cheap.

 

[SpeedyJuarez]

Homeless guys stole it and had an ****. They call that a soup kitchen when they do that.

https://youtu.be/wHczjg8SV8c

This might help, need to fast forward a bit.

 

[SunlitComet]

yea, not clicking on that link.