Recaro Trendline's won't slide in 182

[jackincaves]

Hi guys. I just got a FF 182 in blackgold with factory fitted Trendline's.

When I test drove the car everything was fine but when I picked up the car the seller told me that while cleaning it he had the passenger seat slid all the way forward and now it won't slide back. I assumed this would be just down to some dirt or something blocking it but there's nothing I can see. It still tilts OK but won't slide. When I try to slide it one track is solid and the other one seems like it would move if the other want stuck.

Does anyone know what it could be or is there a schematic somewhere I can use to dismantle the seats and put them back together again.

On a similar note, while I'm messing around with the seats I thought it might be a good idea to swap the driver and passenger seats so that the passenger's starts to wear to keep it all even. Are the seats identical making this possible?

Thanks in advance. The first thing I did when I was looking at 182s was join here as it seems like a fantastic resource.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

You can't swap them due to the handles to access the rear.

There are only four bolts holding them in, i'd take the whole seat out and get a good look at the sliding rails.

 

[Harbinger]

Seats are sided mate so it wont work, probably just been forced forward to far and come off the rail somehow, give it some stick and it should go back.

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

If there's enough room, pull the rail handle and sit in it. Launch yourself backwards, ' should hopefully put the seat back.

Or safe bets is what dan said, 4 bolts and inspect. Those seats ain't cheap!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Pretty sure the handles on the Recaro's to move them are on both sides, not like the regular clio seats.

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Pretty sure the handles on the Recaro's to move them are on both sides, not like the regular clio seats.

Yeah little tabs on both sides.

 

[jackincaves]

There are tabs on both sides to tilt the seats forward so is there any other reason I couldn't swap them?

i tried using all my weight pushing back into the seat to push it back but it doesn't give at all. I'll try unscrewing the bolts and see if I can fix it that way.

if I wanted to swap them would it be a case of bolting them back in with those four bolts in the other side of the car?

 

[Stay Puft]

I know on my saxo, may or not be the same tere was a gold clip which popped out meaning it wouldnt stay on the rail. Just compare the two rails to eachother.