Seat Bushings

[L J]

Going to have to attempt one of the homebrew solutions. Supposedly they last longer.

Summit Racing offers seat bushing repair kits:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...wxE5DFI72hYo4oCWEsxqw2tb3xGLsdiQChIKbxJxOJHiQ

 

[JKP]

I have used all the different knock-offs of Stable Seat along with the actual Stable Seat bushings. All failed within a few months. Stable Seat sent me replacements, but they failed too. I appreciate the effort with the 3d printed parts, but they do not work. I have been replacing them a couple of times per year. Going to have to attempt one of the homebrew solutions. Supposedly they last longer.

Summit Racing for seat foam and bushings.

 

[Rsab72]

Summit Racing offers seat bushing repair kits:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...wxE5DFI72hYo4oCWEsxqw2tb3xGLsdiQChIKbxJxOJHiQ

 

[fourpointzero]

I have some printed bushings I bought somewhere.....maybe through a link via someone on this site, I can't remember.

EDIT: found the link. Its been over a year since purchasing . Im a slacker because I haven't installed them yet.

615 South Front Seat Slider... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D72MQB7?tag=wranglerorg-20

I did see the Summit one's but it was after ordering the Amazon one's.

 

[noodles93]

^ I installed these a couple days back and they seem fine enough

 

[RocknLJ]

Just ordered the Summit ones after the Amazon ones fell apart around a year after purchase. (Not sure which Amazon store they were from)

Will report back after installing the ones from Summit.. Hopefully they last longer.

 

[MikeE024]

I have some printed bushings I bought somewhere.....maybe through a link via someone on this site, I can't remember.

EDIT: found the link. Its been over a year since purchasing . Im a slacker because I haven't installed them yet.

615 South Front Seat Slider... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D72MQB7?tag=wranglerorg-20

I did see the Summit one's but it was after ordering the Amazon one's.

I installed what you have and they didn’t last.

 

[MikekiM]

I installed the Summit bushings about a year ago.. maybe more. Zero issues.

 

[RocknLJ]

Thx for the feedback.

 

[KennethS]

I made a video of how I fixed this issue. I hope it helps.

I used this to repair 2 of the bushings sometime last year, and it worked well. I opened the passenger door this morning and saw that I now need to repair a 3rd one. Hopefully I can find the left over parts from the least repair.

edited to add AndyG's post with the same information as it is straight to the point and has part numbers.
For those who don't need to watch a video:

https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/andygs-seat-bushing-hack-thread.74562/

 

[fourpointzero]

I installed what you have and they didn’t last.

That suuuucks to read. I suspected they wouldn't.

 

[fourpointzero]

^ I installed these a couple days back and they seem fine enough

If I get 2 or 3 years or more, I'd be happy. I don't really drive the TJ daily so we'll see.

 

[noodles93]

If I get 2 or 3 years or more, I'd be happy. I don't really drive the TJ daily so we'll see.

Same, 3 cars I need to rotate regularly. Really don’t push the seat forward often. If it fails I’ll definitely go to a nicer bushing. I did find cleaning the metal under the seat and putting some silicone spray around the hinge points made a huge difference though