seat flip won't stay down

[Gbannish]

Hi,
Just bought a 97 Vmax and the seat flip keeps opening while riding. I'll go spray some wd40 on the moving parts this morning, but was wondering whether anyone else had this problem and how it can be solved.
Thx,
greg

 

[gunrunner]

Check to see if the rear section is on properly as sometimes it will catch it and wont close if its not . unk:

 

[richwrench]

This just happened on mine yesterday. Took it apart & found that one of the "E" clips went missing on the pivet bar. I'll bring a clip home tonight & fix it.

 

[one2dmax]

Should not matter. The hinge locks into the seat release latches so if it's not clicking into place you may need to look at those.

Sean

 

[Buster Hymen]

Mine has been like that for a while. To make it latch, I have to manually pull back the latch on the right side, press the flip seat down, then release the latch.

 

[PATMAX]

Sandy gritty locals can lead to dirt in the latches. Clean them first with safe spray cleaner like contact cleaner the relive with silicone spray or lube that does not attract and hold dirt

 

[richwrench]

Fixed mine - when the clip went missing the linkage fell apart & only 1 latch was seating. Re-assembled & all is well now.

+1 on keeping stuff clean & lubed as well.

 

[Gbannish]

Thanks for the responses,

After examing more closely, my right side latch was not latching. I oiled up the moving parts and pushed down harder on the right side to get it to latch, problem solved!

Thx,
Greg