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07-22-2009, 02:19 PM | #1 |
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Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
I have a 1987 V10 Silverado with the stock seat in it. Right now, I can grab the back and it just folds forward. Was it originally supposed to latch and release with the pull up lever like most trucks? If I pull the seat forward, I can see a thin metal "lever" on both sides that rotates on the seat hinge. They are both rotated so they are "sitting" toward the bottom of the seat and if they are not a latch, I don't know the purpose of them is. I was just wondering if somehow they got disengaged from the seat and fell down.
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07-22-2009, 02:51 PM | #3 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
I don't think they latch. My old 84 didn't
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07-22-2009, 02:52 PM | #4 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
some of them are originally supposed to latch, but all the ones i have had that do have a latch dont latch anymore, it just gives out
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07-22-2009, 04:35 PM | #5 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
some do some dont but if you dont have a lever it isnt suppoused to latch
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07-22-2009, 04:57 PM | #6 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
Hmm, I was wondering about this too... my 78 latched but I noticed my 87 never even had one. Interesting.
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07-22-2009, 06:37 PM | #8 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
No latch on my 86 Custom Deluxe.
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07-22-2009, 06:44 PM | #9 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
My 77 latches.
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07-22-2009, 07:04 PM | #10 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
My 84 seat in my 77 doesn't. Looks like its supposed too.
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07-22-2009, 07:43 PM | #11 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
81-87 seats don't have a lever on the back to unlatch them.
They only latch when a pendulum swings forward and engages the teeth that are part of the seat hinge. That should only happen on a really sudden stop or a frontal collision. Your seat is working as designed.
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07-22-2009, 11:14 PM | #12 | |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
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07-22-2009, 11:24 PM | #13 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
Leave it to Joe to chime in with the correct answer!!
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07-23-2009, 07:52 AM | #14 | |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
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Correct. It's called an "inertial latch". K
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07-23-2009, 07:58 AM | #15 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
My father's 87 does not latch and he's the 2nd owner and he knew the 1st owner so the seat was original.
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
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07-23-2009, 08:41 AM | #17 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
Thanks for the clarification Joe! |
07-24-2009, 02:21 AM | #18 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
My 87 dont latch
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08-20-2009, 06:39 AM | #19 |
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Re: Is my 87' stock seat supposed to latch?
Just to follow up on this one a bit:
When I was working on my truck last night I noticed you can actually see the pendulum and corresponding parts on the seat. Here you can see the "sawtooth", or projections that the pendulum catches on: ...and if you look down inside you can see the pendulum itself. (Here you are looking at the edge of it). It swings forward based on the inertia and grabs those sawtooths on the hinge portion during an aggressive stop or collision: FWIW
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