Ignition seat latch mechanism broken. How to unlatch seat now?

[cuongly267]

The seat release mechanism does not work anymore. I press the key down and I can not feel the tumbler anymore. It turns freely. All other tumbler works fine. Anyway to unlatch the seat in the meantime?

2008 GS SM5

 

[Ellcott]

Seat latch hook

You can bend a coat hanger with a sweep that matches the curve of the tank then have a small hook down on the end. Slide it between the tank and the seat. Have the end go around the back of the post maybe a inch further. Lower the hanger and gently tug on things until it unlocks. It doesn't take a lot of force.

You should readjust your post and back seat hinge to get the post to line up good with the latch hole. If it is binding the key will just compress the cable and nothing will happen. Put a little oil on everything near the post and you should be good to go.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

SEAT LATCH

You can bend a coat hanger with a sweep that matches the curve of the tank then have a small hook down on the end. Slide it between the tank and the seat. Have the end go around the back of the post maybe a inch further. Lower the hanger and gently tug on things until it unlocks. It doesn't take a lot of force.

You should readjust your post and back seat hinge to get the post to line up good with the latch hole. If it is binding the key will just compress the cable and nothing will happen. Put a little oil on everything near the post and you should be good to go.

......If this doesn't work, you may have to remove the plastic cover that is under the ignition switch. There are two small bolts on each side. I think 10mm, use a small mirror to find them....after you get this off, the cable that goes to the ignition is on the right as you sit on the bike.....you may have to un-do it, so you can pull on it with vise-grips........after you get seat open, I would dis-able the seat latch, because the ignition switch is going to be very expensive to re-place .............I would also do something so you can open the frunk using a separate wire rather than the ignition switch......I did both of these things right after I got my RT because I feel the ignition switch shouldn't be used to do these tasks.....good luck....let us know what works ......Mike :thumbup:

 

[DrewNJ]

Remove the right side cover by your right knee. 4 T30 torx screws. From there you can see the latch behind the front "wing" on the seat and should be able to get to the latch or the cable. Once you get it open I'd remove the pin from the seat until you get it fixed. Probably better sooner than later....

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[cptjam]

Key switch

I wish all 3 of those cables were not hooked to the ignition switch. Bad design!