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The seat creeps back because the the little piece of foam rubber that acts as a brake has deteriorated. The foam can (or not, if it has disintegrated) be found behind the seat recliner knob.
The fix will cost you nothing and takes about 5 mins:
You need a gasket scraper (or perhaps a wood chisel), a pair of outside circlip pliers, a blade or knife and an old VN-VS live axle anti-roll bar link rubber. You could get creative with something other than the link rubber. Something like a piece of an old computer mouse mat or stubby holder would do.
Use the gasket scraper to lever out the centre cover from the recliner knob (if you are careful you won't mark the cover or knob) then push the circlip pliers into the split in the recliner knob to spread it, allowing you to pull the recliner knob off the seat.
Again use the circlip pliers to remove the circlip holding the recliner knob "brake" and retaining washer and remove any remnants of the foam still left.
The "brake" can then be replaced with a slice of the link rubber (or mouse mat foam) as thick as you can use while still being able to push the washer on and get the circlip back into the groove - about 5mm give or take. Thicker will make the seat harder to adjust, too thin won't work.
Then put everything back together. Easy.
To cut the centre hole neatly out of whatever material anyone decides to use, a short length of suitable diameter pipe can be sharpened on one end using a a grinder (or I guess with a file if you like hard work) to make a punch.
(Photos courtesy of 88GreenVN.)
The fix will cost you nothing and takes about 5 mins:
You need a gasket scraper (or perhaps a wood chisel), a pair of outside circlip pliers, a blade or knife and an old VN-VS live axle anti-roll bar link rubber. You could get creative with something other than the link rubber. Something like a piece of an old computer mouse mat or stubby holder would do.
Use the gasket scraper to lever out the centre cover from the recliner knob (if you are careful you won't mark the cover or knob) then push the circlip pliers into the split in the recliner knob to spread it, allowing you to pull the recliner knob off the seat.
Again use the circlip pliers to remove the circlip holding the recliner knob "brake" and retaining washer and remove any remnants of the foam still left.
The "brake" can then be replaced with a slice of the link rubber (or mouse mat foam) as thick as you can use while still being able to push the washer on and get the circlip back into the groove - about 5mm give or take. Thicker will make the seat harder to adjust, too thin won't work.
Then put everything back together. Easy.
To cut the centre hole neatly out of whatever material anyone decides to use, a short length of suitable diameter pipe can be sharpened on one end using a a grinder (or I guess with a file if you like hard work) to make a punch.
(Photos courtesy of 88GreenVN.)
