Recaro Comfort Seat Frame Repair

[nickb4]

The upper part of this 1972 Recaro Comfort seat was very loose and not mated properly to the upper part of the seat recliner. I thought I just needed to tighten the mounting bolts but unfortunately that was not the case. I noticed the four 6mm nuts (two on each side of the seat) that are welded to the inside of the seat frame had either broken off or were completely stripped. I decided to see what I could do to get this fixed.

The first step was to bring the seat top to an upholsterer to remove the seat cover in such a way that it can be reused after the frame repair.

Here is the upper seat frame with seat cover and padding removed. You can see a burlap sleeve and a series of elastic donuts and bands mounted to the sleeve and seat frame which gives the seatback that springy feel. There is a piece of wood on the bottom of the frame which is where the bottom of the seat cover is stapled to.

[nickb4]

Here is frame with burlap, elastic and wood removed. You can see the tubes for the headrests on top.

[nickb4]

Here's part of the damage. A missing nut (small hole) with a very large hole drilled into the frame where somebody attached a clip-on nut

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Here you can see frame after it was blasted followed by a shot of the stripped nuts that will later be ground down.

[nickb4]

After grinding down the damaged nuts you can see the new nuts welded to seat frame (inside frame) followed by a shot of the seat hinge mating area (outside frame). Notice large hole that was drilled into frame for the clip-on nut has been repaired. Before sending back to the upholsterer I will apply some primer to the frame.

[NorthernThrux]

For some reason those frames seem to rust a lot. I went through the same process here. http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ation-question with welding in new nuts etc. I powder coated the seat frames so they would last for all eternity.

Ravi