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Driver's manual seat - won't slide up or back 900 1994

The bar which releases the seat locks in the tracks has come loose on my 940's driver's seat, so it is stuck in place.

I thought that the best way to troubleshoot it would be to take it out of the car, but when I removed the 4 14MM bolts I could find (one in each corner of the seat), it didn't budge.

The driver's side seemed free, but it felt like something was binding on the track by the console. Instead of applying brute force, and possibly breaking something, I am bringing my question to the oracles at Brickboard.

It is a manual seat, but it does have the tilt lever on the console side which causes the seat to tilt/lean, depending on how you push it. That part works fine. The bar on the front seems to have come loose, and doesn't want to disengage the locks which secure the seat to the track.

So, two questions:

A. Is there a "fifth bolt" on the console (inboard) side of the seat which I couldn't see? Or is there something trick I'm missing?

B. Has anyone else had this problem and can offer any solutions on what to look for once I have the seat removed? Or even better, can I fix this without having to remove the seat?

The PO seems to have been a real slob, so there's a decent chance that some junk or crud is stuck in the track, which may have been the root of the problem, but I think that the only way to find it is to get the seat out first.

Thanks in advance!






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New Driver's manual seat - won't slide up or back [900][1994]
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