Seat repair tips?

[packardv8]

Yeah, I know the cheap replacements are only a couple of hundred dollars, but can it be fixed?

The seat on our Toro ZT has a hard plastic molded base and a soft foam covered by flexible vinyl. Both parts are still sound, but the circumferential bead of adhesive which bonded the two together has failed.

The first thought is to clean off as much of the old adhesive as possible, apply a bead of 3M Weatherstrip adhesive, clamp the two halves together long enough for the glue to set.

How would you go about it?

 

[Tom S. in Tn.]

Yes, the $16.00 per tube 3M yellow death (or blk) is how I fix them. Not pretty, but works where other adhesives like Liquid Nails won't. Make sure it's dry and clamp together for the greatest contact for ~ 24 hrs. and go for it. Tom S.

 

[packardv8]

Thanks, Tom.

Looking it over, I realized all I really needed to do was keep the cushion from falling off when I tilted the seat pan. In the Room of Requirements was a 1" x 6" strip of 3/16" thick plastic. I drilled a 1/4" hole through the middle of it, placed it in the middle of the seat cushion back and drilled through the cushion and seat pan. A 1/4" carriage bolt, a self-locking nut and a washer and so far, so good.

jack vines