Question for Corbin Seat Owners

[Bob Ledford]

For months now I have been having a problem getting it to unlock ti raise it up. Yesterday I had to open it up and had to use the Corbin fix, "a heavy blow to the front to get it to unlock."

It opened right up. I reached under the seat and found the "stay up brace" and pulled it down and did my thing under there checking all the fluid levels and removing the dust that collects under it.

When I went to put it back into the riding position I found the stay up brace will go either to the front or the back. My question for all of you to check out is "what is the normal seat down position of the stay up brace to the front or to the rear?"

I tried it both ways and found that when it was to the rear that it closed better and I was wondering if the Corbin Tech put it or folded it up backwards because it was to the front. By that I am saying the roller wheel was positioned in the folded up position forward to where it could rest on the top of a ledge in the cover that is in there.

Since there is a Corbin branch store here in Ormond Beach I plan on shaking their tree too.

 

[WvTomCat]

Corbin Seat

The little seat brace is supposed to fold to the rear. Seems like you have the same problems with yours that I have with mine. The lock doesn't line up right and half the time it was almost impossible to get it open. I finally just unscrewed the seat locking post and took it off. Also, be aware that the little roller wheel that you described will probably tear off. Mine tore off and I found a similar rubber thingy in my junk that I put on that is more stable than their brace. I'm sure that this doesn't have anything to do with it but I also got my seat installed at their Ormond Beach store.

Good luck, Tom

 

[stormtrooper]

My brace swings to the rear of the spyder when I am about to close the seat down to the riding position.

 

[SporterSpider]

Corbin Seat

The brace swings to the rear on my Spyder. My lock won't line up either so, I have the same problem that you do. Once I get it closed, (good luck on trying to open it).:banghead: You can open the fuel door and see that the pin is at an angle when trying to close. The locking pin on mine is loose and ,there is no way to tighten it so that it can lock correctly. I took my locking machanism off also, maybe if a small part of the seat pan were made out of metal it would have stayed in place. You can see on mine where they butchered the fiberglass to make it work.:yikes:

 

[Yfactor]

I installed my Corbin myself. At first it was difficult to open but with a little shall we say heavy hand it now works better but does get stubborn at times. As for the rubber wheel it went away within three weeks. Still looking for something to replace it with just have not found something I like yet. BTW my hold up folds to the rear.

 

[Bob Ledford]

Thank you for the help

a big THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP,

I went out in the garage this morning just to confirm your findings and mine worked.

Thai you again fr your help in clearing this up

 

[ARtraveler]

Some additional info: There is some fine tuning adjustment where the seat is mounted on the hinge in the rear. Left/right or front/back. Not a lot--but enough to make a difference sometimes.

Like a lot of people--I removed the shock and the locking pin and have ridden both my Corbins that way. Over 50,000 combined miles now on two Corbins.

 

[gnirtsnod]

For months now I have been having a problem getting it to unlock ti raise it up. Yesterday I had to open it up and had to use the Corbin fix, "a heavy blow to the front to get it to unlock."

It's not nice to pound on a Spyder! There are two adjustment points for your seat to get it to align with the locking pin. One is the hinge bracket on the underneath side of the seat at the very back. The two bolts holding this bracket to the seat can be loosened and the bracket moved away from the seat (in the direction of the trunk) to line up the locking pin. The seat should fit tightly against the body at the front of the seat - real snug. The second adjustment is that if you need an incremental shift forward that the first adjustment doesn't provide, loosen the long bolts connecting the seat hinge bracket to the mating side on the frame (visible behind the passenger seat, below the passenger pad) then tighten them back. This may relieve any remaining stress on the locking pin. ...Gnirtsnod