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Old Jun 30, 2013 | 09:36 PM
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After 100k miles of butt (not mine)the center of my drivers seat feels as if I am sitting in a hole. I have new padding for when I r&r the cover but I was thinking, what if the frame need a little help? Is there anything I may need to have on hand to do the repair in one shot? Not sure how they are constructed. I searched this and supprisingly nothing popped up. Thanks. Brian.
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There should be a set of springs, which run across the frame. The pad sits on top of that. If you feel a "butt hole," then its probably a broken spring.

If you stick your head under the seat (looking from the back) with a flashlight, you should be able to see the springs under the pad.

They should look something like this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...abseats004.jpg
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Good advice Ty, I did peak under the seat. The springs seem ok from the little i was able to see. I think what i feel is a gap between the springs and a bar underneith them. I will pop out the seat out and fill it w/ padding . If a spring is broken is there a repair kit or method for it?
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Most likely all the foam padding in the seat is worn so what your sitting on is the springs themselves. Pulling the seat out to see if a spring is pretty easy and taking the cover off to view what you need isnt to hard either.
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The cover and padding is no problem, if a spring is damaged how do you repair it? If there is a kit or any parts i want to be ready. Ty.
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