Super Bee front bench seat adjustable?

440beep · Jun 22, 2018

Here's a picture of my 69 Bee's front bench seat. As can be seen, the passenger seat is leaning back farther and is kind of annoying for the wife. Is there anyway to adjust this, or something I should be looking at? Might the seat release be tweaked/worn out and allowing this? Both seats used to be at the same tilt, but then I let an oversized buddy of mine sit in the car and the seat's never been the same since. Does anyone sell the seat release separately?

super-bee_ski · Jun 22, 2018

I'll check mine tomorrow (Saturday)
Mine are "Even"

440beep · Jun 22, 2018

I wish I knew what else to look at, but the damn seat is so simple, not much to mess with so I'm at wits end trying to figure out what's wrong.

WileERobby · Jun 22, 2018

I think your last comment kinda speaks for itself, as to what happened.

440beep · Jun 22, 2018

Yea.

I'm wondering if the "catch bar" in the seat bottom that the seat release locks on to got tweaked? Need to go measure and see........

well the passenger "catch bar" is lower than the driver side. but only by an 1/8 of an inch or slightly more.

Wietse · Jun 23, 2018

See the picture of my Bucket seat, think the mechanism will be the same.
The frame of the back seat rests against the pin, the same pin where the latch catches on.
The latch will not be the problem, the latch only holds when the back rest is pushed forward.
That pin will be bend due to an oversized occupant, if i am correct this pin is threaded in the end and bolted in the seat frame.
Could try and straighten it up.

YY1 · Jun 23, 2018

you can smack it with a hammer, but be careful, as it could break off and then you'd be in worse shape.

Wietse · Jun 23, 2018

It might be welded on also. If you do straighten it and it comes off you will have to weld it again.

440beep · Jun 23, 2018

Oh I know, I got the big pry out and tried prying it up, and thought, "oh crap, if I break this, I'm really screwed then!" But hard to believe the big guy could bend it, yet I can't with a pry bar.

440beep · Jun 23, 2018

Dank je wel!

Wietse said:
See the picture of my Bucket seat, think the mechanism will be the same.
The frame of the back seat rests against the pin, the same pin where the latch catches on.
The latch will not be the problem, the latch only holds when the back rest is pushed forward.
That pin will be bend due to an oversized occupant, if i am correct this pin is threaded in the end and bolted in the seat frame.
Could try and straighten it up.

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TrackPack · Jul 4, 2018

I have a 69 road runner (owned since 1980) with the exact same thing. I'd almost believe that it was a quality control issue from day one.

440beep · Jul 10, 2018

I'm almost positive that both seats had the same amount of recline until the "incident."

TrackPack said:
I have a 69 road runner (owned since 1980) with the exact same thing. I'd almost believe that it was a quality control issue from day one.

440beep · Jul 10, 2018

How did yours check out? Can you get measurements of the catch bar that the seat release "catches" on. Maybe a measurement from the floor to the top or bottom of that catch bar please just to see if both sides are even (and compare to my measurements).

super-bee_ski said:
I'll check mine tomorrow (Saturday)
Mine are "Even"

YY1 · Jul 10, 2018

A decade or two of someone, possibly heavy or even obese, "falling" into the drivers seat and while doing so, stretching out and putting pressure straight back.....

Sure will do that to a seat support bar, even if it is 5/8 or 11/16 bar stock and MIG welded to the frame all the way around.

Every now and then you see one where it's the passenger side.

First thing that comes to my mind is "he liked big women"...

Fran Blacker · Jul 10, 2018

On the bracket mounting the seat to the floor is there an adjustment? Looks like tilted M maybe it loosen and leaned passenger side back, worth a look.

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