Hi all -

I took the spring-loaded seat hinge apart to re-grease it since it was making a squeak noise when I moved in the seat (the arm that sits between the seat back and bottom that does not contain the angle adjusting hinge) and after re-assembling it, the hinge flops around.

Does the spring need to be spun to get tensioned before re-assembly? If so, how is that done?

By chance did you try a cleaner and spray able grease before you removed it. Trying to understand the process you went with.

26 minutes ago, Yarb said:

By chance did you try a cleaner and spray able grease before you removed it. Trying to understand the process you went with.

I did but to no avail. I even ended up blasting the old grease/dirt out with brake cleaner and then relubing it with sprayable silicone lubricant but the squeak didn't go away