95 Caravan drivers Seat recliner adjustment

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:49:33 -0500, "BG" appeared to write:

It's probably broken. I had same symptoms. Had it welded but it broke a year later. (I weigh 250).

Had a junk yard seat installed. I have '94 Caravan but I believe a '95 seat was installed with old upholstery superimposed.

Replacement seat still working fine.

Seems as though this is a known problem at least to my friendly body shop.

Hmm, Not sure it is broken as it still functions and locks at different points. It is possible it is bent though and that is what I am trying to determine. I am 260 and admittedly could shed a few pounds, but I would think the seat would be designed for more than this (for safety sake if nothing else).

Thanks for the response by the way.

Every one of these I've sat in, including mine, has had the same problem with the manual seat.

Like you say, it still locks into various positions, but won't sit upright very well. Sometimes one side of the seatback feels weaker (leans back more) than the other.

I suspect it's a busted weld, but I haven't had the time or inclination to take it apart to find out for sure. I haven't measured or anything, but the seats from the previous generation ('87-'91) Caravan might fit, and they were a helluva lot stronger. There's a bazillion of 'em in the junkyard.

--Geoff