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john
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 07:08 am: | 
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This is an absolute plea for help of any kind. I drive approximately 150 miles a day in my 96 SE7. The driver seat started a little squeak that has turned into something much larger. The sound is coming from under the seat and is unbearable.. I have checked all the wires and small plastic pieces and havent come up with anything.. is there something i can spray??? is there something i need to tighten??? is there something i am not thinking of???? please help me as it is driving me mad....
thank you for the help in advance....
-john |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 09:27 am: |
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mine does this a bit too. does it get worse in the backrest? like if you push back with your back? i was told it was the cables in the seat. which ones i don't know. has not bugged me to that point. just start spraying shit. just not the wires. |
john
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 09:58 am: |
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it goes away completely when i push back very hard with my back.. do you know where the cables are or how i could possibly get to them in order to spray the $#%& out of them... also, do you know of any lubricant that dosent really smell.. i sprayed a litle the other day and almost passed out because of the fumes.. all help is much appreciated.. |
Dave Smith (Javelinadave)
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 10:22 am: |
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Buy a can of lithium grease. Move the seat all the way forward and up. Spray the seat tracks and the springs under the seat. Them run the seat back and forth, up and down for a few cycles. It cured my squeaks and creaks. Total cost, $3.50 for lube and ten minutes of time...Happy holidays and post back if it did or didn't work.....Dave |
john
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 02:19 pm: |
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thank you guys.. any other ideas of how to get inside the seat would be appreciated also...
-john |
Dave Smith (Javelinadave)
| | Posted on Monday, December 23, 2002 - 03:53 pm: |
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You don't need to get into the seat. Once you raise the seat and look from the back, you will see the springs that I am talking about. Trust me, anybody mechanical or not can do this.  |
robbie
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 - 03:12 pm: |
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John,
I also have a 96 and I was experiencing the same thing but then I realized it was the seat belt rubbing against the leather. Just a thought. |
john
| | Posted on Friday, December 27, 2002 - 03:52 pm: |
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Thanks guys i found the problem.. For all those who experience the same thing you might want to try getting inside the seat tracks with some Lithium Gel Grease. The track can become loose due to old age, and it will begin to move back and forth causing a mild abrasion inside the outer track. this will wear all of the grease off and squeak as soon as the track scrapes through the coating.. in order to remedy this you have to replace the coating and cover the damaged area LIBERALLY in grease... |
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