Hello, Looking for advice on how to remove stuck seat, the key won't turn to unlock the seat. If anyone's experienced this problem or know a link to YouTube etc. Thank you all in advance.
R1200GS LC stuck seat
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I had to lean on the seat on my 05 GS to enable the key to turn.
Thank you, I tried that with no joy.
You could have something under the pillion seat jamming the lock? I had this at the dealers once, it turned out to be the owner manual I'd put back under the seat. IIRC the mechanic pressed down on the pillion seat while trying to turn the key, so you could try a 2-man approach so you get maximum pressure on the seat. Can you see anything jamming it through the gap between the rider and pillion seat, assuming you have the pillion seat in the rear position? One of those cheap endoscope cameras you plug into your phone might help if you have no luck.
It took me about half an hour of jiggling the key while trying to remove the seat to free mine. The seat wouldn't move and the key was stuck in the lock. Eventually it got fed up with my efforts and gave in. I have no idea why.
You'd think they would've designed something better by German standards.
There's nothing there apart from a fuse box. The problem is the little plastic lip that pushes the other bigger lip down but the smaller lip has somehow gone under the larger one and therefore not able to push the arm down.
Yes, there are two plastic flaps, one pushes down on the other when you turn the key. The one that pushes down has gone under the other one.
Crap design for a German standard.
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