I actually "fixed" mine this weekend and was able to use them with my new Summit seats. Turns out that the motor wasn't actually the problem. One of the sliders was actually locked up. Heres how you need to fix it.
First off take them off and to even see if this is the problem, take out the hex head bolts on the bottom of the sliders. I think it was a T45 bit. Then once those are out, push the metal block that the screw you just took out screws into and try and slide the slider. If it doesn't slide then you have yourself the problem. Raise the track ALL the way up. This was you wont have to bend the slider as much to get it off. I raised it with a battery charger and touching the top two contacts in the plug. Now stick a prybar in the hole that the screw went through and bend it up just enough so that it will come completely off.
Then I took it out and cleaned out the slider with WD-40 and actually filed the aluminum part of the slider and the plastic parts on the part you took off. This way they clear better. If you look down the slider you may or may not see that it is twisted a little. This is why I filed it. I get everything straight a little. Apparently if the two big metal rods on the power seat aren't exactly parallel then the slider twists over time.
So just file, grease it up good, and work it back and forth, file some more, work it, file it, and back and forth till you are satisfied.
Now after all of this something else broke. The gear that comes from the motor and turns the threaded rod that moved the slider apparently was stripped from trying to move it while locked up. SO i had to actually disable that side. It slided freely. I just took the block that goes around the threaded rod off. I do have to help it move when I need to move them, but its 100 times better than with a locked up slider.
Again this may not even be your problem. you may actually have a burnt up motor. Mine would actually try and turn, so I didn't think it was burnt.
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First off take them off and to even see if this is the problem, take out the hex head bolts on the bottom of the sliders. I think it was a T45 bit. Then once those are out, push the metal block that the screw you just took out screws into and try and slide the slider. If it doesn't slide then you have yourself the problem. Raise the track ALL the way up. This was you wont have to bend the slider as much to get it off. I raised it with a battery charger and touching the top two contacts in the plug. Now stick a prybar in the hole that the screw went through and bend it up just enough so that it will come completely off.
Then I took it out and cleaned out the slider with WD-40 and actually filed the aluminum part of the slider and the plastic parts on the part you took off. This way they clear better. If you look down the slider you may or may not see that it is twisted a little. This is why I filed it. I get everything straight a little. Apparently if the two big metal rods on the power seat aren't exactly parallel then the slider twists over time.
So just file, grease it up good, and work it back and forth, file some more, work it, file it, and back and forth till you are satisfied.
Now after all of this something else broke. The gear that comes from the motor and turns the threaded rod that moved the slider apparently was stripped from trying to move it while locked up. SO i had to actually disable that side. It slided freely. I just took the block that goes around the threaded rod off. I do have to help it move when I need to move them, but its 100 times better than with a locked up slider.
Again this may not even be your problem. you may actually have a burnt up motor. Mine would actually try and turn, so I didn't think it was burnt.
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