Seat adjusters that don't work

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Hi guys,

What do I do when I get in a cab and find that the adjusting knobs on the driver’s seat do nothing? I mean those that use air - the sliders are unaffected.

I’m presuming it’s because another driver has disconnected either the air line or the fuse because he doesn’t like the bounce, and presumably doesn’t need to lift the seat up. I often do but can’t. It’s been a common problem for me recently - how do I get this to work?

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Defect it and refuse to take truck out until a fitter has been called to have a look at it—only joking :laughing:,muck about with the controls or take a cushion with you :laughing:

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I’ve got a spare booster seat my daughter doesn’t need it any more

4

you can lock some seats , ours its the first button on the right side , i think :laughing:

5

On our Dafs the control at the front RH side is an open/closed toggle which dumps the air from the seat suspension.

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Sounds more like operator error than anything else.

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GOG47:
Defect it and refuse to take truck out until a fitter has been called to have a look at it—only joking :laughing:,muck about with the controls or take a cushion with you :laughing:

You may well make light of it - but having the seat correctly adjusted is important for the health of your back. While I wouldn’t refuse to take it out, I’d certainly defect it (assuming it really was defective and it wasn’t just a case of not understanding how it works).

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Description of defect:
Driver’s seat adjustment inoperative/badly worn
Severity of defect:
Seat likely to move inadvertently or cannot be located
Action:
Immediate prohibition

9

Didn’t seat adjustment become an mot item recently ?

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Contraflow:
Description of defect:
Driver’s seat adjustment inoperative/badly worn
Severity of defect:
Seat likely to move inadvertently or cannot be located
Action:
Immediate prohibition

That seems to be aimed fairly and squarely at seats (or parts thereof) which cannot be securely locked into place when adjusted. That’s not the type of defect described by the OP.

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There was a list of defects that airline pilots wrote out for engineers to fix, it may have been Quantas, it was very funny what the responses were to the problem.

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The seat is one of the last items that seems to get air pressure one everything else that requires it gets charged. It could be possible there’s a fault with the air system so it’s worth defecting.

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Roymondo:

Contraflow:
Description of defect:
Driver’s seat adjustment inoperative/badly worn
Severity of defect:
Seat likely to move inadvertently or cannot be located
Action:
Immediate prohibition

That seems to be aimed fairly and squarely at seats (or parts thereof) which cannot be securely locked into place when adjusted. That’s not the type of defect described by the OP.

If the OP can’t set the height of his seat because the air has been disconnected, the seat “cannot be located” - immediate prohibition.

If the OP can’t set the height of his seat because he’s a bit of a cabbage, his brain “cannot be located” - immediate sterilisation.

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Contraflow:

Roymondo:

Contraflow:
Description of defect:
Driver’s seat adjustment inoperative/badly worn
Severity of defect:
Seat likely to move inadvertently or cannot be located
Action:
Immediate prohibition

That seems to be aimed fairly and squarely at seats (or parts thereof) which cannot be securely locked into place when adjusted. That’s not the type of defect described by the OP.

If the OP can’t set the height of his seat because the air has been disconnected, the seat “cannot be located” - immediate prohibition.

If the OP can’t set the height of his seat because he’s a bit of a cabbage, his brain “cannot be located” - immediate sterilisation.

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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My air seat (only ever had one truck with one) never worked on a frosty morning even from new, the air just used to blow straight through the valve. I always had to raise it manually and lock it for the first half hour or so. I much preferred the old sprung seat’s, you were not bouncing up and down all day, plus you could always wedge a piece of timber under them when they eventually broke to get you home! :sunglasses:

Pete.

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Contraflow:

Roymondo:

Contraflow:
Description of defect:
Driver’s seat adjustment inoperative/badly worn
Severity of defect:
Seat likely to move inadvertently or cannot be located
Action:
Immediate prohibition

That seems to be aimed fairly and squarely at seats (or parts thereof) which cannot be securely locked into place when adjusted. That’s not the type of defect described by the OP.

If the OP can’t set the height of his seat because the air has been disconnected, the seat “cannot be located” - immediate prohibition.

But the seat can be located - at the bottom of its range of movement. This may or may not be where the driver would prefer it to be, but there it will stay for the entire shift. i.e. it is “located”.

If the OP can’t set the height of his seat because he’s a bit of a cabbage, his brain “cannot be located” - immediate sterilisation.

Can’t disagree with that! :slight_smile:

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Contraflow:
If the OP can’t set the height of his seat because the air has been disconnected, the seat “cannot be located” - immediate prohibition.

Maybe he’s looking in the wrong place, like the catwalk or the roof. Seat normally located on the right, if seat missing - try left. If that missing. Prohibition.

Oh why couldn’t this be a post from Dozy (my new favourite poster). Are you SURE the seat dump switch hasn’t been flicked that collapses the seat and drains the air? The one we all use to get in and out :smiley: ? Please tell me it was that and that you went in kicking and screaming to fleet management :grimacing: