Boris3 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Anyone done seat repair welding? I need a welder to help to weld a tab back on to my e30 sport seat back frame. Turns out I have the classic drivers side broken left side tab issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 what are the symptoms? I may have this problem on my seat as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Seat back will rock back and forth with you in it when you hit the brakes. Plus, you can lift one side of the seat back and rock it back and forth (inboard and outboard). If you are lucky the screw that attaches the seat back to the L bracket is loose/missing. Unlucky the small L bracket has snapped off at the bend and needs to be rewelded. I am unlucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Photos with seat back off. Right side is fine Left side with broken bracket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 And the piece broken off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Hit up Chadley, he Welds all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Found a welder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiserRolls Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 mine does the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris3 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 All good. Welded the tab top, bottom and a spot in the middle. Thought about running a full bead but would have fried the threads on the tab. I had removed the seat shock for clearance and the welded tab ended up being strong enough to use to anchor channel locks to recompress the shock. Got the seat back together and in the car, no more rocking. Thanks to Jake at RAWSOMOTION in Germantown for the quick weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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