I'm at college 100 miles from home in a town that has no nissan parts I'm willing to make the drive home ( through an avalanche ridden pass.... ) So the other day I'm driving to class ( 91 se, manual cloth seats) and the seat back just falls back, the ratcheting mechanism failed and the seat won't stay up. Is there anyway I can temporaraly stick a screw driver into the mechanism to hold the seat up?


Main question, I called the local nissan used parts buisness I go to at home and they don't have any good maxima seats, so, What other nissan seats will fit in a 3rd gen maxima?


Thanks,
Ian

 

are you sure your seatback release lever is all the way down? I've had them stick up just a bit and that was enough for the teeth to not engage.

 

I made sure it's all the way down, I'm very sure I heard the piece snap that engages with the teeth.

 

I think infinity J30 and 4th gen maxima seats will fit

 

Not without modification via welder,custom brackets.

 

If your near Atlanta, I have a pair of fronts seats in GREAT condition, they are cloth.

 

how much do you weigh?!?! ha ha jk

 

You may want to check local junkyards, even if it is a temp fix. If you can find a pic, or point out what piece broke I'll take one out of my spare cloth manual seats for you and send it to ya...

 

If you're in IL, I've got 2 manual cloth interiors grey and black both in excellent shape, willing to sell cheap

 

well I was wrong it was the seat that broke. Boy did it break hard ( I'm under 200lbs....)




I'll be swappig seatbacks tomorrow.

 

Any ideas on how that might have happened? Perhaps the previous owner was a little heavy and worked the seat a little for you?

 

No the car has been in my family all it's life, I don't think anyone who drove the car was over 250.

 

has been in any accidents has it? I have seen seats snap in a rear end collision.

 

I have my seat back rebuilt about 10 years ago. The welds failed.

The seat bottom itself has collapsed. That was replaced about 8 years ago.

The track itself next the driver door has been replaced 5 times. It breaks at the front weld between the track and tab that bolts it to the floor. It is currently needing to replaced again.

The best thing I found during the times the seat is not working correctly, is my daughter old child seat. I put the top in back seat grove, and the bottom against the seat back.

I am 6'7", so getting in and out of the car, I stress the seat that is always in the far back position, to get my legs in and out. Specially during the times I am wearing a medical steel shoe to immobilize an ankle and take weight off my big toe.

 

Holy crap dude you're tall!!! I'm 6ft and people think I look huge in my max

 

I am 6'3" and I can relate to the both of you. It makes it difficult for the one sitting behind me as they typically do not have much in the way of leg room. They just do not build cars that favor us tall folk.

Although (off topic) I found there to be plenty of room in the Versa! That is another story though.

 

Meh, I'm 6' too and I look normal in my max, maybe it's just how your seat is adjusted?

Hah, have you ever tried sitting in the BACK of a 3rd gen? My head scrapes the roof if I'm sitting up straight (Sucks when we take my car because one of my friends is 7' tall, yes.... seven feet.

 

Hah, have you ever tried sitting in the BACK of a 3rd gen? My head scrapes the roof if I'm sitting up straight (Sucks when we take my car because one of my friends is 7' tall, yes.... seven feet.[/quote]

I did once and was it is sort just as you described it; little headroom sitting up straight. Fortunately, I do not intend to be in the back as I would be driving.

 

I seem to have the same problem. On the way to work this morning, the seat back (and I) reclined all the way to the rear seat. I checked the adjustment lever to see if it was the issue, but it was fully engaged. The problem appears to be what I have circled below. I did notice a ton of foam coming out of the upholstery... I haven't taken the seats apart before, so I have no idea how the bolts are anchored. Any advice or experience with this?

 

Two Bolts on each side go up there, one side is tensioned.

http://indiextronic.myftp.org/Uploads/powerseats/

 

For those with damaged or broken seats...its probably cheaper to just replace the seat with a used one from a junk yard rather than having to remove it and have it repaired...in fact I have quite a few cloths seats to get rid of since I have no use for them anymore

The average JY (including the one I work at) in chicago charges between 30-50 bucks per seat...I'm sure repairing it is more than that... just a suggestion

 

That's what I was afraid of, however, I'm trying to get out of this as cheap as I can. It seems like whatever the bolts anchor to in the sides of the seat back has come loose or broken completely. If it is metal, I could (in theory) weld it in place & be done.

 

I have a '93 Max the current seats work fine, however I want a newer ones for the front. its a GXE and it has 195,000 and runs strong. I've been replacing the mechanical things and was wondering if there are any other nissans that will fit mine?

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

As far as I know no front seats besides 3rd gen maxima seats fit in our cars without modification [welding]

 

For the front, 90-92 Stanza seats fit the front but the back dont as stanza is narrower. highly doubt you'd like blue cloth stanza seats which is what most of them that I've seen came with.

reason I know is because my friend wanted leather and the maxima's worked fine for the front of his Stanza

 

i know someone selling full set of black leather seats. lmk if you interested..

 

I'm selling a complete set of leather seats as well, black power leather in near mint condition.

What car is your leather for?

 

selling your 3g's leather? or nabbed another set at work?

speaking of stuff at work.... any word on the stuff we were talking about the other day?

 

hey, wait in line. I still need stuff for my I30

 

No they're actually 4th gen seats, I got a partial mix of i30 and maxima leather in my 4th gen right now, rear i30 (nice headrests) and front max because they're heated and the i30s werent...

Its really hard, REALLY HARD to find a mint set of black power leather in good shape such as the one you saw in my 3rd gen [at the jy]

 

it's a 'special transaction'... your I30t's goody-getting abilities will not be compormised

 

good. I'm not sure when I'll have time to come get the bits though, I'm doing my morning parts running, in the afternoon I'm doing PCs right now. Soon I hope that my time will be totally gone

 

whoa... what? english pls

 

in the mornings right now, I am selling car parts.
in the afternoon I'm working on computers

hopefully in the next few months I will become VERY busy with my own business.

 

which business? selling car parts, or working on computers?
or a conglomeration of the two (selling computer parts that work on cars?)

 

parts.
computers is my father-in-laws bag, i just help him out

 

good times... send some PCs my way for extra cash, I could use some more

 

if you hadn't flubbed up you'd have still had the job I don't want it.

 

i like my free gas thank you very much

 

which paid better?