my "ELECTRIC" chair is stuck..

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Old March 12th, 2008, 01:53 PM
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my "ELECTRIC" chair is stuck..

hi my chair is stuck right over the chair bolts so i cant take it of the car...
when i pull the switch to move the chair the engine is running but the chair doesnt move.,....

any tip on how to fix it?

its a 1969 cutlass supreme.

sorry for bad english iam from sweden so thats why
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Old March 13th, 2008, 05:40 AM
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If you can see underneath, there should be some cables running from the motors to the gears. More than likely the cable that operates forward/backward function is not fully inserted and locked into it's corresponding gear or the gear (I think the correct term is transmission) is broken/stripped. If you can raise the seat as high as possible it will be easier to look for this.
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Old March 13th, 2008, 08:05 AM
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i have looked at these cable's and they are not loose but maybe i could unboltem and then see if they are broken becouse i can "tilt" the chair up a bit.. i check that later today..

the raise up and down funktion of the chair is not working either..
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When you do get to it, and if everything looks good (not damaged or loose) it may be a bad transmission. If so, I do not know how to raise the seat, you may have to find someone with small hands and good dexterity. Good luck.
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Old March 13th, 2008, 02:09 PM
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hi the "transmission" must be broken becouse the cables does not turn.. i hade to force the chair up one 1inch to get my hand under there and hand screw the gear it took about 2hours but i finnaly made it... maybe i can rapair the "gears" that turns the cables well i finnaly got the chair out of the car and can focus on getting the interior out of the car

here are some pics of the work that i took with my mobilcamera so the quilty is bad...






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