So - I noticed this today - in both seats.
Seems I cannot screw them back in - as the nut seems to have pulled out of something inside the seats?
Any suggestions?
~ Shadrac
Loose bolts in seats
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Funinthesun has experience with that IIRC...
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Crap design. The screws thread into extended plastic nipples. The nipples break out of the panel. Warranty will fix but you get the same seat with same stupid crap.
Sorry.
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Just another reason to go aftermarket.
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yes I found the same thing the dealership that we got it from ask me why I was taking the seat. I said i was not i found it like that it is out of warranty if you like it fix buy a new back seat. So it is on order
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yes I found the same thing the dealership that we got it from ask me why I was taking the seat. I said i was not i found it like that it is out of warranty if you like it fix buy a new back seat. So it is on order
Check, I do think that there was a "recall" on the seats with that problem.
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if there is he did not care did not do a thing for me just told me go to the part counter and order one
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if there is he did not care did not do a thing for me just told me go to the part counter and order one
Not sure which years had problems but some did. ... Do a little checking.
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Recall info (2015-2018 models):
https://www.thedrive.com/news/…r-faulty-seats-seat-belts
and another link... -
I had screws coming out of passenger back, Polaris covered under extended warranty, knew it was a problem. Dealer said they had many customers report it.
Sent from my SM-G935V using Polaris Slingshot Forum mobile app
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This, like most fastener problems on the Slingshot was probably caused when whoever assembled the seat over-tightened the screw, snapping the plastic fitting. Doing this process with a a power tool seems to be more likely to result in over-tightening than if a screwdriver is used.
Of the 2 sets of seats I've had, only 1 or 2 of these plastic nuts were broken and my seats have seemed firmly attached to the seat frames. I've thought about possible fixes and, IMO, the easiest solution would be to use a flat strip of metal spanning the damaged plastic, held in place with double-sided foam tape the length of the metal strip and then using a sheet metal screw thru the seat frame into a properly centered hole in the metal strip, being careful to tighten the sheet metal screw threads snugly w/o over-tightening and stripping the hole. Metal strips could be added as needed near the other seat mounting points using double-sided foam tape if the seat needs any shimming for an even fit.
I attached a simple pic to hopefully provide a visualization of the proposed fix.
