fullymatted.
Back to search
Planet-9

OK, I Am Dumb. CANNOT Figure How to Remove Seat Rails!

Add to repair workspace
Open repair workspace
Original source
5 captured repliesPartial discussion capture · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW

Discussion summary

YOUR RESEARCHOK, I Am Dumb. CANNOT Figure How to Remove Seat Rails!

Reported or suspected cause

gears are stripped in the gearbox

Suggestion or failed attempt

No successful repair reported for this finding.

0
Identified cause
1
Suspected cause
0
Reported fixes
Read evidence and context

Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.

Discussions that suspect a cause
1

0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.

0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.

Suspected cause

I suspect the gears are stripped in the gearbox.

Original post Read captured discussion
OK, I Am Dumb. CANNOT Figure How to Remove Seat Rails!
Read full discussion summary

Leading evidence: 'gears are stripped in the gearbox' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'gears are stripped in the gearbox' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.

Read captured replies

1 matching discussions · 5 captured posts examined · 1 partial discussions

Reported and suspected causes (1)

These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.

gears are stripped in the gearbox

No successful repair reported for this finding.

0
Identified cause
1
Suspected cause
0
Reported fixes
Read evidence and context
Discussions that suspect a cause
1

0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.

0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.

Suspected cause

I suspect the gears are stripped in the gearbox.

Original post Read captured discussion
OK, I Am Dumb. CANNOT Figure How to Remove Seat Rails!
Coverage and how to read this overview

Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.

5 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.

  • Planet-9: 1 discussions

0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.

0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.

Generation: 20261027T011819Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources

POST 1Original post

Greetings All, I am working on my wife's 2012 Boxster seats. It has the 12 way power adjustable option. The rear of the passenger seat is in full down position, the motor runs, nothing happens. I suspect the gears are stripped in the gearbox. I have been looking for at least three hours trying to figure out how to get the seat rails off with motors attached so I can get to the thing. What am I missing? Cannot figure out where to unbolt it. Also, assuming I can get the gearbox out and apart, any ideas on where to find gears, or a complete gearbox?

POST 2Original post

Did you try the hard rock forward trick? My motor seemed to be activating but not moving the seat. It was in the far back position. You sit in the seat, apply forward switch activation and buck like you’re bull riding forward as hard as you can. Often this will release the seat and it starts working again.

POST 3Original post

Thank you for your reply. The fore and aft function is working. It's the rear height adjustment that is not. The motor turns, nothing comes out of the gearbox. I pulled the motor itself and operated the axle by hand, doesn't do anything. Only way I can see to remove the gearbox is to pull the rails off the seat. And damn if I can figure out how it attaches. Has me flummoxed for sure. You a pilot? Me too.

POST 4Original post

Yes, that’s an old profile pic of the GV. Flying a 7500 now. How about you?

POST 5Original post

Just private. Took lessons when I was 16, got my private at 19. Owned Bonanzas, Barons, Great Lakes, Vans. 70 now and slowing down. Few more years and I'm done.

This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.