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07-07-2013, 11:43 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Ormskirk
Bike: M600
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Removing seat with a broken lock
Anybody got an idea how to remove a seat with a broken lock? Managed to get it off a couple of times when I didn't need to, but now it won't budge.
Looks like the previous owner broke the plastic surround when he fitted a set of termis, so the whole thing just wobbles with or without the key in it. |
07-07-2013, 11:52 AM | #2 |
Taking life easy........
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Bike: Other Not a Ducati
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I had that problem on an S4Rs once. I was told that the only way was to bent it to undo the front from under the tank, then spin it around so that the catch is forced by the seat pin to open more and release the seat as the seat pin bit that latches now is not against the latch. It worked for me, the hardest bit being bending the plastic seat base to release the front from under the tank.
Do you have a plastic seat base as well though? Good luck. |
07-07-2013, 12:00 PM | #3 |
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It's a Sargent seat, I can't remember what it's like underneath
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07-07-2013, 07:33 PM | #4 |
rattles when he walks
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: in the comfy chair,moved furniture around
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Have a look underneath, the lock pulls a cable, you can pull the cable with long nose pliers.
I ditched the lock, cable and brackets, I have a loop of safety wire hooked around the plastic catch to pull it from the other side. |
07-07-2013, 08:03 PM | #5 |
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Saw the cable & tried get a small screwdriver in to push it, never thought to try pulling! Thanks for that I'll give it a go tomorrow.
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10-07-2013, 03:03 PM | #6 |
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Yep, just pull the cable from the non-lock side. Should come off quite easily, you may need some long pliers or a wire hook (read coat hanger).
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