Twisted Driver Seat

[shaddady34]

My 01 xj sport which i just bought, driver seat is slightly twisted to the right like some guy kept turning around and slapping his kids...... is there a way to adust it or fix it with a new part?? and these are not power seats either

[8Mud]

Don't really know if the newer XJ's still suffer from the popped weld on the seat back thing (both the old FSJ, and the Renix did). Sometimes the weld pops and sometimes the gusset tears where the back connects to the bottom.
It didn't used to be that big of a deal to remove the seat base, the staples at the bottom of the back cushion and slid the back cushion up and beat and/or weld the tubing back into shape.
GOJEEP has a writeup on a XJ seat refurbish that may be helpfull. Plenty of pictures and a step by step for taking it apart.

[gabletech]

ITs the weld like 8mud said. have a 2000 did the same thing.

[RichP]

My 98 did it, took it to an auto upholstery shop on allentown pa, guy charged me $50 cash to pull the seat, pull cover, pull foam, reweld and add gussets to strengthen it even more, put new better foam in and put it back together. That was about 4 or so years ago. Still fixed and still comfortable.
The shop was in an industrial area of town but they were doing some nice custom interiors on antiques and a couple of hot rods.

[shaddady34]

i don't own a welder but am considering to use that JB weld has anyone ever used it

[xyjbeaker]

i wouldn't recomend it, if you are gonna pull it apart and fix it you may as well just do it right... someone should be able to weld it for you for a beer or two. if you feel like driving up to Allentown PA, i'll hook you up....:D

[Hudson Bend]

Unless the previous owner was a bulky 300 plus pounder reaching for the box of donuts regularly found on the back seat, you may find that he was rear ended once and his weight forced the right side of his seat backward resulting in its new position. Happened to me sans donuts. Worth the effort to take the seat out and look for anything bent in the seat bottom framework or damage to the hinge before removing any covers. If lucky, you may be able to bend the area back and reinforce it with a simple brace. If not, replacement seats are readily available and your cover can be reused if in good shape. I found a pair of nice zj fronts out of a 98 model and bolted them to my 96 sport rails for an interior upgrade.
And your JB Weld remark was funny....thanks for the chuckle.

[RichP]

Unless the previous owner was a bulky 300 plus pounder reaching for the box of donuts regularly found on the back seat, you may find that he was rear ended once and his weight forced the right side of his seat backward resulting in its new position. Happened to me sans donuts. Worth the effort to take the seat out and look for anything bent in the seat bottom framework or damage to the hinge before removing any covers. If lucky, you may be able to bend the area back and reinforce it with a simple brace. If not, replacement seats are readily available and your cover can be reused if in good shape. I found a pair of nice zj fronts out of a 98 model and bolted them to my 96 sport rails for an interior upgrade.
And your JB Weld remark was funny....thanks for the chuckle.

I weigh 260 and my seat did it without any rear end hit either. Thing was it was gradual over a few months that the seat shifted. The only thing I noticed was that my back started bothering me but thats normal when I get physically inactive for too long, like weeks of keyboard time for 12 hours a day like I was doing at lucent. It was not until my son and daughter were in the back seats going down to a family gathering that my son said I ought to get the seat fixed because it was cocked down by the center console. Best $50 I ever spent....