seat problem

[shoppersal]

I bought a corbin seat for the RT in March. Now I can't get it to raise up so we can put battery tender on. Any ideas on how to open it??

 

[bobbobtar]

Sounds like the pin that holds the seat down is out of adjustment, to get to open push down on the seat as you are turning the key. Some of us that have Corbin's do not use the pin on the seat for that reason. No reason to put the Tender on the battery, the left cigarette plug in the trunk is hot all the time if you have a 2010,11,12. On the 2013 make sure there is a fuse in #7 owners manual tells how to this on 2013's

 

[BigJohnP]

Power outlet

I use the power outlet in the rear trunk. You can get an adapter at Radio Shake to plug into the out let. You will need to move the number 6 fuze to the seven fuze location. (check you manual to make sure I'm correct about that) That way you just plug in the battery tender when you need it.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree:
But getting the seat to raise...
The latching meechanism is over on the RH side, and up at the front...
If you can have somebody try moving the seat around a bit; fore and aft, and side to side... (A good wiggling!) while you've got the key turned, you might get it to pop loose...
Good Luck! :thumbup:

 

[NancysToy]

When you get it popped loose, lubricate the latch and pin, and adjust the pin location and length as needed. The Corbins usually take extending the pin a bit and often moving the location, too.

 

[Bob Denman]

Scotty,
So; I gather that pushing DOWN on the seat (at the latch) might also work?? :dontknow:

 

[Bob Ledford]

Corbin Seat

You can get the seat open but it takes two people. One does the key and stands on the. Left hand side. Number one can lift if capable. Number Two positions their body on the right hand side. Number Two frams the right front corner of the seat while applying force upwards.

Once you get it open , remember the seat prop back under the passenger seat area? Note the way that YOU UNFOLD IT! Why? It may well be the cause of the problem. If it gets folded the wrong direction on closure then it takes up space on closing. Corbin folded mine backwards and it took us a year of going back and forth with Corbin to get right and I discovered it by accident on my own.

 

[NancysToy]

Scotty,
So; I gather that pushing DOWN on the seat (at the latch) might also work?? :dontknow:

Yes, just like the trunk. Pushing down over the latch (right front) can help get it to release. If it is off center, however, the problem gets tougher. With their comfort seats on the RS, I seem to remember that BRP had a warning in the instructions about leaving the pin a little loose and lining it up before you latched it the first time. If it is off center or too short, it is very difficult to get open again if you latch it...especially if the latch and pin are not lubed well.

 

[Bob Denman]

Thanks for that clarification... :thumbup:

 

[ARtraveler]

The above posters have you covered. I am lazy, so removed the pin. No problem with raising the seat or having people steal gas from the tank.

 

[Bob Denman]

The fact that you're hooking a Battery Tender up under the seat kind of got lost...
Just plug it into the power port in the top trunk of your bike... :thumbup:

 

[revjvegas]

When my seat was stuck, it wasn't the latch that was getting snagged, but the cable was seizing.
A treatment of injected cable lubricant took care of it for me.