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Seats rails problem! (Pride LX)
Hello everyone 
My name is Francisco, I'm from Chile and I have a '97 Pride LX - hope you guy's don't care.
My problem is that the seats are moving too much - they have some "play", like if you push the back of the seat, the seat will move back and forth. I've just applied WD40 to the rail bolts and took it out of the car to better check the rails. From what I can see, theres a big gap between the fixed rail and the moving rail, and that's what's causing that play, as far as I know.
Now, while browsing your forum for help and hints about this issue, I found this thread:
This is the post from sir bravekozak:
I think that's my problem, because I couldn't see that plastic cage, holding the pair of bearings. Booth rails where touching each other (I had the seats upside down above my table to check the rails, so there wasn't anything that would keep them separated). I must add that it was a real pain to adjust seat position when sitting in the car.
My question is, do you guys know if this situation is normal to Kia Pride cars? Or maybe my seats are missing the welds on either side that mr. bravekozak mentions, and thats why my bearings aren't there??
I would love to swap seats with aftermarket or maybe from a donor car, but I don't know what would be necessary to adapt the new rails to this car. Maybe you guys can provide me with pictures from a good condition original seat and the rails?
Lastly, sorry for asking so many questions, and from my many english mistakes. I'll try to help more to the others forum members from now on, and not just leeching info and experience from you. Thank you.
My name is Francisco, I'm from Chile and I have a '97 Pride LX - hope you guy's don't care.
My problem is that the seats are moving too much - they have some "play", like if you push the back of the seat, the seat will move back and forth. I've just applied WD40 to the rail bolts and took it out of the car to better check the rails. From what I can see, theres a big gap between the fixed rail and the moving rail, and that's what's causing that play, as far as I know.
Now, while browsing your forum for help and hints about this issue, I found this thread:
This is the post from sir bravekozak:
There are two roller bearings held in a plastic cage inside each seat rail.
I think that's my problem, because I couldn't see that plastic cage, holding the pair of bearings. Booth rails where touching each other (I had the seats upside down above my table to check the rails, so there wasn't anything that would keep them separated). I must add that it was a real pain to adjust seat position when sitting in the car.
My question is, do you guys know if this situation is normal to Kia Pride cars? Or maybe my seats are missing the welds on either side that mr. bravekozak mentions, and thats why my bearings aren't there??
I would love to swap seats with aftermarket or maybe from a donor car, but I don't know what would be necessary to adapt the new rails to this car. Maybe you guys can provide me with pictures from a good condition original seat and the rails?
Lastly, sorry for asking so many questions, and from my many english mistakes. I'll try to help more to the others forum members from now on, and not just leeching info and experience from you. Thank you.
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