Seat latch adjustment  By  bobf (Read 2,013 times)

Thanks for the input. The latch bars are on the seat and the latches are on the frame with the plastics in between. So to me it must be a covers off situation if redirecting the cables, or even seeing if the cables are attached. Maybe washers under the seat latching bars would help. Will take a look at that possibility.
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It does sound like the cable may be broke. The cable comes from the key and might have a y in it rather than two separate cables. One of the ends might have a separate adjuster. On my magnum there is an adjuster at the key and another at one of the latches. The latch with the adjuster was to tight.

Roy

Thanks for the inputs. Seems to be an agreement that the cables are the problem. I just won't know what I have until I get to the tear down. Another month or two away.

Rocketa shows 2 cables in their part list, one long one and one a bit shorter. The long one looks to have a setup for a Y connection and the shorter one is just one length.

I am sure those photo's will give me a clue to what might be happening on my scoot.
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Thanks for all that info. But a question or two from me now.

1. Did you have to remove the key lock in order to remove the panel?

2. If it is just a adjustment of the cable do you need to take the side panel off or can you block it with a 2X4 to hold it open while doing the adjustment?

I really won't even try to work on it till we are finally located in Arizona. Which may be when ever the banks get around to it. I must move to lower altitude for my lungs. So in April we bid on a house and two weeks later we found out we were outbid by $60K. Then a backup on another party became useless as that deal went to the prior contract. Then on June 15 we put a contract on another house and we are still waiting for the bank to give us permission to buy the house. Amazing, 3 months for the lender to say yes or no, and we still wait.

For a few years I was a licensed Realtor and I have never seen anything so messed up as that in Arizona. One big problem is the government, as they created this mess and they continue to mess with it rather than let it find bottom and start a real recovery. Of course the government blames it on the banks but the government, through Freddie and Fannie, told them to lend with no justifications.

Lots of good deals available but be patient as so many are lender owned, short sales, bankruptcies in action. Very sad for the ones losing their homes. Extending their misery by the government meddling is no help either.

You are right about the time to tear down. If I do that I will likely do other things like flush and fill the radiator again, lube change, maybe take out the gas tank and see what I might find in it. Hose checks and changes, PDI things I short cutted in March of this spring. Pretty cold and windy so I could only take a couple hours a day when the garage had warmed a bit. So a tear down will likely be a lot more than just adjust the lock cables. But if that could be done with just removing the upper body screws and blocking the panel out so I could work on it, that might be something I could try first.

I will watch for your photo's.
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have to rotate the tumbler to get the spring out of the bracket.

Once again, thanks for the information. From underneath looks to be a difficult thing to do. Especially for me. If I spend some time on my back working up I may never be able to get up again.

What product do you use to be able to tag your photo's as you do. I just did a couple of pamphlets (booklets) with OpenOffice but did not have that capability that I know of there. I have various graphics applications but they are all quite old. Maybe it is time to consider an upgrade.
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