Re: [MBZ] Seat broke

2006-04-07 Thread Luther Gulseth
I don't know if it makes that much difference, but J.B. doesn't heat the spring like a MIG will. ~ ~This is substantially what I have just done, except that there was no ~JB about the welding. I would never expect the repair to hold if the ~spring was merely welded back together. The key is

Re: [MBZ] Seat broke

2006-04-07 Thread Jim Cathey
I repaired my SD driver seat nearly a year ago using copper clad steel wire wrapped into a tight coil and slid as a support sleeve around the break and J.B. Weld. Still together today and the only issue is a missing bolt This is substantially what I have just done, except that there was no JB

Re: [MBZ] Seat broke

2006-04-07 Thread Marshall Booth
Luther Gulseth wrote: I repaired my SD driver seat nearly a year ago using copper clad steel wire wrapped into a tight coil and slid as a support sleeve around the break and J.B. Weld. Still together today and the only issue is a missing bolt in the seat. I'll mention that in the future.

Re: [MBZ] Seat broke

2006-04-07 Thread Luther Gulseth
I repaired my SD driver seat nearly a year ago using copper clad steel wire wrapped into a tight coil and slid as a support sleeve around the break and J.B. Weld. Still together today and the only issue is a missing bolt in the seat. Luther ~ ~I have dozens of reports of "repaired" springs. V

Re: [MBZ] Seat broke

2006-04-07 Thread Marshall Booth
Jim Cathey wrote: Pulled the driver's seat (what a PITA!) to find that yes, indeed, there is a broken spring. Fortunately it hadn't poked too far into the pad yet. The break was out in the middle where access would be easy once the motorized frame was removed. While I do have extra springs fro

Re: [MBZ] Seat broke

2006-04-07 Thread Jim Cathey
Pulled the driver's seat (what a PITA!) to find that yes, indeed, there is a broken spring. Fortunately it hadn't poked too far into the pad yet. The break was out in the middle where access would be easy once the motorized frame was removed. While I do have extra springs from the boneyard heat

Re: [MBZ] Seat broke

2006-04-07 Thread Zoltan Finks
You've got a flopper too? I fight back the urge to tell the wife to be less gibbon-like with most of the controls in the car (especially to avoid cranking around the temperature dials every time she feels hot or cold - I'd rather she utilize the fresh air lever, or shut down or open up her vents ra

[MBZ] Seat broke

2006-04-07 Thread Jim Cathey
Sat in the driver's seat of the SDL for the first time in awhile today, and immediately asked my wife "How long has the seat been broken?" It lists to the left now, feels like a broken spring. "What do you mean?" is all I got. "Didn't you notice it go 'poink' when you sat in it and it dumped yo