Re: Front seat sliding assembly Packard Caribbean 55

Posted by HH56 On 2013/1/19 11:11:45

Neither motor has limit switches and turn at full strength until the worm reaches the end of it's travel. At that point parts just slam into each other so both horizontal and vertical actuators are vulnerable. My problem experience was with the horizontal movement. The vertical moves in a shorter more rotary range so doesn't seem to be as badly affected.

On mine, as the seat went back and reached the end of travel the joint where the worm was welded to the actuator shaft was forced into the outer housing and got stuck. Had to remove the entire assy and using quite a bit of force, turn the screw and outer tube manually to release it. I added a limit switch at the front activated by the tube end so that problem wouldn't happen again. Seat going forward doesn't seem to be as big an issue because there is nothing to get stuck at the rear -- just the strain on the mount is the issue.

The front horizontal mount is very vulnerable to the cracking or breaking (on my seat at least). It is only welded at the top and with the actuator mounted 4 inches or so lower at the bottom, it can flex when either the driver or motor puts strain against it.