seat problem

[livingdeadhead]

tempted to saw through the hinges and take it back as is.....

[livingdeadhead]

should i really be spending hours trying to sort a s/h seat? where do i stand legally , refund wise?

[bruce_launceston]

Does the button feel like it is depressing fully, maybe you can get someone to lift the seat up while you tap the little tab that is the end of the locking lever. If you have a look at the front of the lock (facing towards the tank) you will see this small tab. If you hit it backwards it will force the locking tab as far forward as it can go and maybe release the seat lock post.

[livingdeadhead]

tried that , a friends coming round tonight one of us will lift , one will press! fingers crossed!

[bruce_launceston]

Don't just press the putton, hit the small tab at the side with a drift and hammer to get maximum movement of the locking bar. Even if it bends the thin backing plate of the lock it's better than cutting stuff off.

[livingdeadhead]

i might give that a go, i have found tho i can get my hand up the side of the mudguard and get my finger on the left nut, i can possibly get an adapted spanner (bent!) on it , if i can drop the guard i can take the lock off , think that might work?

[montmil]

... if i can drop the guard i can take the lock off , think that might work?

Yes.

The fender bolts are of a cheap, hardware store variety. I still vote for using a Dremel to quickly remove the items and get on with removing the lock set.

[livingdeadhead]

be okay but my centre stands in for welding , watch this space!

[livingdeadhead]

finally its off , the pin looks no different than the old one , can see NO reason it jammed, gonna take it back and have my old one recovered , wont be as original but ..... hey can you get replica covers in the us? by the way i used a bent spanner which i ground down to hold the top bolts . have i invented this method? lol

[montmil]

Poor ol' Bengt Phorqs has been bugging me to pull apart the seat lock box on the R One-Hunert and make a pattern of the sliding lock bar for him.

I have no idea what he has done with his R-90's OEM piece, but he has ramped up his whining to the point where I spent a good part of Saturday doing his bidding. The things I'll do for free Shiners...

Prior to reinstalling the two long machine screws that hold everything together, I used my Dremel with a small cut-off wheel to notch the threaded ends of the screws. Now, if I should ever have a repeat performance of being locked out, a small flat-blade screwdriver will remove the screws from the outside. No more skinned knuckles.

Dabbed some black paint on the screw ends and the blade slots are all but indivisible.  

[livingdeadhead]

indivisible?

[montmil]

indivisible?

So you're the one reading my stuff. SpellChek said I was golden. [smiley=whistling.gif]

[Bob_Roller]

I'll bet a sixer of Shiners is to blame here !!!!

[Air4Life]

Texas, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[montmil]

Texas, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Until a relatively short number of years ago, the Texas Constitution had a section that would permit Texas, by vote of the people, to subdivide itself into five separate states. The big question was always, "Who gets the Alamo?"

Would be interesting to see ten US Senators, all Texans.

That loophole has been closed along with the law prohibiting the carrying of wire cutters in an individual's pocket. Think open range...