| skippy7024 |
| I had the problem with the stripped gear in the seat. I have resolved this problem. My seat works great now and will out last the plastic gear by life. By the way it is not even close to costing $600 - $1000 what other people are saying they have spent. |
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| Stoker |
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Originally posted by skippy7024
I had the problem with the stripped gear in the seat. I have resolved this problem. My seat works great now and will out last the plastic gear by life. By the way it is not even close to costing $600 - $1000 what other people are saying they have spent.
Could you please tell us how and with what you replaced the stripped gear with so that we can all understand what you have found? |
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| skippy7024 |
| I made a gear from metal instead of the nylon. The seat moves very smooth. It is a little louder due to the metal on metal vibrations from the worm gear. It works great. |
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| njjoe |
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Originally posted by skippy7024
I made a gear from metal instead of the nylon. The seat moves very smooth. It is a little louder due to the metal on metal vibrations from the worm gear. It works great.
skippy-
Welcome to the forum.
Was the gear easy to fabricate and install? If so, you might want to consider making up a handful, print-up some directions, and sell them to the hapless owners of out-of-warranty MOs. Faced with a choice between a $1,000 dealer repair and a $50 do-it-yourself repair, I'd rather scrape a few knuckles and save the coin.
-njjoe |
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| skippy7024 |
| These gears are not easily made. There was a lot of work to come up with the replacement. It is very expensive to have these made custom. I have more of these gears. I will sale them for a price much less than any person can have them made for. The research is done and I know these work. Contact me if you are interested. |
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| SeaMatt |
| Good for you! Making those gears must have been challenging. After you replaced the gears in the motor/housing, did the PRESET for the seat/mirror/pedal position function properly? |
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| skippy7024 |
| Yes everything works like factory. |
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| Gonzo |
| Interesting... do you have install pictures? |
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| skippy7024 |
| I do not have installed picture, but I do have a picture of the gear that I made, if you are interested. |
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| Gonzo |
Sure what every can you post with instructions would be valuable to many.
I don't have an issue with my seat gears, I did have a squeaky/creeky seat. One dealer wanter $1000+ to fix.... another dealer fixed it for $100, its been fine since. |
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