One Reason Why M1009 Rear Seat Will Not Fold Forward

[dagsurplus]

Perhaps this thread will save some poor sap a lot of time, effort, sweat, and frustration in the future. No matter how hard I lift and pried on the black rear seat handle, no matter how much lubricant I spayed everywhere, it didn't budge. I could not find the reason for this in previous threads, TMs, or internet searches. It required getting down on my hand and knees with a good flashlight and peering into the recesses where the anchoring pins dwell. There, I discovered that pieces of old locks, spent 7.62x51 blank cartridges, coins, and screws in addition to the expected cigarette butts and dirt were blocking the release of the black handle's teeth. After all that stuff was removed, seat lifted up with no effort.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Looks loke spooge city in those latch pockets. WOW!

 

[DriverSideImpact1008]

Dang!! An entire pad lock jammed in there!! That's crazy

 

[Ilikemtb999]

I had the same problem with mine except with the radio tray in back I highly doubt my seat had ever been flipped forward. I ended up having to pry the lever with a pry bar (after removing the radio tray of course) and it finally released. Needless to say lots of rust cleanup ensued and now the seat works again