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Passenger seat movement / wobbles - anyone fixed this?
My passenger seat has some movement. When you sit in it, it moves like a rocking chair with 1-2 inches of movement. It appears to be a piece on the front right side, in between where the seat attaches to the rail.
I fixed this tonight... It was caused by a worn rubber layer surrounding a bolt in the front right of the seat (if sitting in the seat). I ended up pulling the bolt and wrapping a lot of electrical tape around it. It worked perfectly. The seat now has zero excess movement.
This is the attachment point where the movement was occurring. With the seat as high as it will go, the bolt is easily accessible. Use a 6mm Allen wrench and a 10mm socket for the nut on the back.
The bolt removed. The seat has a rubber bushing that surrounds the thick part. This bushing was heavily worn on my passenger seat.
I added electrical tape until the bolt fit nice and tight. It was probably 15 or so layers of tape. I trimmed it with a razor so it was only applied to the relevant portion of the bolt.
A piece of rubber hose might work too, if that doesn't last.
Yep, anything that's sturdy and fits will work. I think tape will last a while, it can't slide off and it's pretty strong. Worst case, I can replace it over time.
It's amazing what a difference this made, the seat feels very sturdy now.
Perhaps I can just machine the bushing out of aluminum and be done with it. Going to have to check this out. Good find by the way, on the bolt/tape fix.
I fixed this tonight... It was caused by a worn rubber layer surrounding a bolt in the front right of the seat (if sitting in the seat). I ended up pulling the bolt and wrapping a lot of electrical tape around it. It worked perfectly. The seat now has zero excess movement.
This is the attachment point where the movement was occurring. With the seat as high as it will go, the bolt is easily accessible. Use a 6mm Allen wrench and a 10mm socket for the nut on the back.
The bolt removed. The seat has a rubber bushing that surrounds the thick part. This bushing was heavily worn on my passenger seat.
I added electrical tape until the bolt fit nice and tight. It was probably 15 or so layers of tape. I trimmed it with a razor so it was only applied to the relevant portion of the bolt.
Can you comment on how the electric tape is holding up? I am having the same problem, the dealer wants $160 for the part so your tape solution looks much better.
My seats don't wiggle but the passenger seat squeaks when she is in it. Pretty annoying. Any ideas? I've pushed on the seat a few times. It's lateral moving when hitting speed bumps and rock side to side.
I fixed this tonight... It was caused by a worn rubber layer surrounding a bolt in the front right of the seat (if sitting in the seat). I ended up pulling the bolt and wrapping a lot of electrical tape around it. It worked perfectly. The seat now has zero excess movement.
This is the attachment point where the movement was occurring. With the seat as high as it will go, the bolt is easily accessible. Use a 6mm Allen wrench and a 10mm socket for the nut on the back.
The bolt removed. The seat has a rubber bushing that surrounds the thick part. This bushing was heavily worn on my passenger seat.
I added electrical tape until the bolt fit nice and tight. It was probably 15 or so layers of tape. I trimmed it with a razor so it was only applied to the relevant portion of the bolt.
Can you comment on how the electric tape is holding up? I am having the same problem, the dealer wants $160 for the part so your tape solution looks much better.
It's holding up really well, but I don't have passengers in the car too often. Maybe 4 or 5 times since I added the tape.
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Moehler, can you speak to my question above pretty please! :P
This thread was awesome and I ran right outside and pulled my culprit bolt. But after I wrapped it like you did, there was no way of getting it back in the hole it came out of. So my question is, does the "bushing" remain in the seat rail, and did you have to remove it before re-inserting your fixed screw?
Moehler, can you speak to my question above pretty please! :P
This thread was awesome and I ran right outside and pulled my culprit bolt. But after I wrapped it like you did, there was no way of getting it back in the hole it came out of. So my question is, does the "bushing" remain in the seat rail, and did you have to remove it before re-inserting your fixed screw?
Thanks!!!
Sorry about that... The rubber grommet on mine was so shot it just fell apart. So it was not there when I put the bolt back in. It went it easily, but snug.
The part number to get the "ts bearing" kit is: A0128207510. For $180, you get two new bolts, two new nuts, two of the "bearings" and two circlips. In typical MB fashion, quite a "bargain".
I tried the electrical tape fix but couldnt get a tight enough fit to remove the wobble. I bought the ts bearing kit referred to above for about $200 from my local dealer. In just a couple minutes I popped in the new bearing and the wobble is fixed.
Thanks for the advice this worked great for me. My passengers used to get scarred and thought the seat would rip off under heavy acceleration and now with this tape method its barely noticeable. $200 is way too much for such a simple problem.
Guys I've fixed this in my two-elemon car by replacing the rotton MB rubber bushing with a plastic bushing as used by Volvo at the bottom of the shifter for Volvo's M-46 transmission. Order it up for any 200 or 700 model car with the M-46 box. Easy-peasy. Seat moves as when new.
Originally Posted by moehler
My passenger seat has some movement. When you sit in it, it moves like a rocking chair with 1-2 inches of movement. It appears to be a piece on the front right side, in between where the seat attaches to the rail.
02-16-2015, 07:44 AM
