Issue with old seats

[Porsche-poor]

I have a 79 with non-sport seats. The drivers side this am did not seem to want to hold its setting after adjusting the incline with the wheel. Every time I got it to where it felt right soon after it was back to where I started.

I this the begining of the end of these seats and is it dangerous?

[bkreigsr]

yes, and yes

I don't think this is an easy fix. All the gears and cogs are burried inside the seat-back upholstery.

But, the entire seat, or just the backs, will swap left - right - if you don't mind reaching around to the center of the car to pull the back release.

If you do the entire swap, you can leave as-is , in which case the slide release will be on the outboard side, or keep the sliders on their original side by transferring to the opposite seat.

Bill K

[Rusty Heap]

you can also buy my race seats that I just put up for sale on the classifieds section and you're local so it'd be close for you to have new seats that hold their position!

Race Seats for sale - cheap!

[Porsche-poor]

bkreigsr, thanks for the heads up. Was just about to have them recovered, probably not now.

Thanks Rusty but I would have the same height issue.

[bkreigsr]

David, if you are going to re-upholster any how, all the guts will be exposed and its just a matter of shimming the gears closer to each other, or maybe replacing a wayward cir-clip retainer.
I think
Bill K

[Porsche-poor]

I'll have to look into that. I'd have to be sure that its not going to break before spending the money to recover the seats.

Thanks.