Sports seat safety checks!!
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drakesmith
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Adjusted my seat today and the seat back would not lock. Took the seat out and bloody hell the left side of the frame had snapped, like someone had taken a hacksaw to it. Scary thing is the seat it seems has always been like this. From the time I bought them years back. So please inspect your seat frames.
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Topblag
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Good point.
I've seen a lot of broken seats and each one is easy to spot by sitting in it.
I've seen a lot of broken seats and each one is easy to spot by sitting in it.
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brutus
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yes wear & tear over the years of mens weight does this, & rust,, 
ive got good seat frames available,,
ive got good seat frames available,,
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drakesmith
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Thats the thing. Mine seemed ok. Till I adjusted it. Like Hammonds seat on the e30 topgear episode. But even worse.Topblag wrote:Good point.
I've seen a lot of broken seats and each one is easy to spot by sitting in it.
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drakesmith
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Welded it today so fingers crossed its coolbrutus wrote:yes wear & tear over the years of mens weight does this,,
ive got good seat frames available,,
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Brianmoooore
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Almost always caused by one of the seat back securing screws becoming loose, and nothing being done about it.
Screw loose on one side massively increases the loading on the other side, as well as applying a twisting moment to the point where it eventually cracks. The sharp transition from thick metal to thin where it fails is poor design, as this provides a concentrated stress point. Running beads of weld out from the repair at right angles, to form a star pattern helps.
Screw loose on one side massively increases the loading on the other side, as well as applying a twisting moment to the point where it eventually cracks. The sharp transition from thick metal to thin where it fails is poor design, as this provides a concentrated stress point. Running beads of weld out from the repair at right angles, to form a star pattern helps.