Squeak from rear seats - what have others done?
03-15-2009, 06:31 AM
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Squeak from rear seats - what have others done?
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What have others done? I haven't quite narrowed down what is squeaking - so any tips would be appreciated.
What have others done? I haven't quite narrowed down what is squeaking - so any tips would be appreciated.
03-15-2009, 01:56 PM
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Re: Squeak from rear seats - what have others done?
i taped the s@+t out of the posts that the rear seats lock onto and slammed them back. i still have a squeak but it is different then the one that was resolved from the electrical tape.
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If it's the seat pivot I used felt tape.
Woodworking supply stores have it and sell it by the foot in varied widths inexpensively.
Use the thinnest felt tape you can find and don't wrap it over itself. The space tolerances between the seat pivot and its related grommet is very tight, so too much tape will just bunch up when you put an over-taped pivot pin back into the grommet.
You could try electrical tape or duct tape, but I found that the felt tape works perfectly.
The seat pivot is the smooth pin that the seat backs pivot on when you put the rear seat backs down (see items #28 and #29 in diagram below). Removal of the bracket components (following pics) that connect the the two seatbacks together is necessary to remove the seatbacks to gain access to the pivot pins.
<img src="http://www.genuinevwaudiparts.com/schematics/1/1397500.gif">
<img src="http://www.ampproject.com/audi/images/seatback/rear-seatback-removal_01.jpg">
<img src="http://www.ampproject.com/audi/images/seatback/rear-seatback-removal_02.jpg">
<img src="http://www.ampproject.com/audi/images/seatback/rear-seatback-removal_03.jpg">
Use the thinnest felt tape you can find and don't wrap it over itself. The space tolerances between the seat pivot and its related grommet is very tight, so too much tape will just bunch up when you put an over-taped pivot pin back into the grommet.
You could try electrical tape or duct tape, but I found that the felt tape works perfectly.
The seat pivot is the smooth pin that the seat backs pivot on when you put the rear seat backs down (see items #28 and #29 in diagram below). Removal of the bracket components (following pics) that connect the the two seatbacks together is necessary to remove the seatbacks to gain access to the pivot pins.
<img src="http://www.genuinevwaudiparts.com/schematics/1/1397500.gif">
<img src="http://www.ampproject.com/audi/images/seatback/rear-seatback-removal_01.jpg">
<img src="http://www.ampproject.com/audi/images/seatback/rear-seatback-removal_02.jpg">
<img src="http://www.ampproject.com/audi/images/seatback/rear-seatback-removal_03.jpg">
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