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power tilt seat backs don't work. Motors repaired, but seat just clicks 700 1990


The power seat tilt adjustment in my 780 don't work. The seat was abused by family members clowning around, which broke the small plastic worm gears in the motors that tilt the seats. I removed the motors, tracked down new worm gears from a parts car, put them in the motors, put it all back together, and it only clicks when I hit the switch, doesn't move - one single click, which I'm sure is the motor engaging, and then nothing, the seat back doesn't move. Previously, the cable would just spin around with no resistance as the teeth were broken off the worm gear. I could turn the gears by hand prior to installing the motors, and everything seemed to work fine. I made sure the brackets on each side were lined up the same way, the ones with the teeth that the motors engage to tilt the seat, and that hold the top/back of the seat to the bottom seat. They're steel, black, and probably 5 or 6 inches long.

Obviously there's some trick to how everything gets set up when re-installed, which I've missed. Anybody think they know where I went wrong?

Thanks!
Scott

BTW, I'm hoping to sell this car, photos at
http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r311/puttdaddy/






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New power tilt seat backs don't work. Motors repaired, but seat just clicks [700][1990]
posted by  brittons  on Wed Nov 22 12:17 CST 2006 >


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