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So I know a lot of folks have reported the drivers seat will not stay latched or that it has a lot of slop in the frame. So I am in the process of making some changes to my drivers seat. The first thing I will cover is the seat back....
1. the seat back cusion of my seat gets loose and starts to rattle after about 30 minutes of riding. The only thing securing it to the frame are 4 screws. The issue I am finding is that the screws are screwed into soft plastic in the seat back frame so you can only tighten them so much or you will strip them out. The second problem is the hole they go thru on the frame is about 2.5X the diameter of the screw. So you are basically relying on the tension of the screw into the seat back plastic to keep everything in place.....well, it doesn't work. So I bolted the seat back to the frame with some 3/16" bolts, and most importantly, I only drilled 3/16" holes in the seat frame to keep it from being able to slide around due to slop in the hole like the original screws. I didn't have any Nyloc nuts handy so I just used standard nuts and red locktite. For good measure, I used locktite on the original mounting screws as well when reassembling.
The only catch is you will need to mount the back rest frame onto the seat frame without the foam or cover installed. There is enough clearance to were you can get it back on with it mounted but it does take a few extra minutes. to do....
Here are some pics of the original screws. You can see where they are rubbing on the seat frame when they loosen and how little thread is actually in the seat holding it all in place.
Here is the view from the inside of the seat back. The little black plastic circle is all that the holds the seat to the frame when screwed together.
Here are pics of the 3/16" bolts from inside the seatback and some after it has been mounted to the seat frame...
I have also modified the latch as well as replaced the seat adjuster with 1" square tubing.....I will post details and pictures tonight.
1. the seat back cusion of my seat gets loose and starts to rattle after about 30 minutes of riding. The only thing securing it to the frame are 4 screws. The issue I am finding is that the screws are screwed into soft plastic in the seat back frame so you can only tighten them so much or you will strip them out. The second problem is the hole they go thru on the frame is about 2.5X the diameter of the screw. So you are basically relying on the tension of the screw into the seat back plastic to keep everything in place.....well, it doesn't work. So I bolted the seat back to the frame with some 3/16" bolts, and most importantly, I only drilled 3/16" holes in the seat frame to keep it from being able to slide around due to slop in the hole like the original screws. I didn't have any Nyloc nuts handy so I just used standard nuts and red locktite. For good measure, I used locktite on the original mounting screws as well when reassembling.
The only catch is you will need to mount the back rest frame onto the seat frame without the foam or cover installed. There is enough clearance to were you can get it back on with it mounted but it does take a few extra minutes. to do....
Here are some pics of the original screws. You can see where they are rubbing on the seat frame when they loosen and how little thread is actually in the seat holding it all in place.

Here is the view from the inside of the seat back. The little black plastic circle is all that the holds the seat to the frame when screwed together.

Here are pics of the 3/16" bolts from inside the seatback and some after it has been mounted to the seat frame...




I have also modified the latch as well as replaced the seat adjuster with 1" square tubing.....I will post details and pictures tonight.