Armrest won't stay up

galwaydude18

I have 08 Renault Trafic and every time I put the arm rest down and then put my elbow on it it falls down. Is there a way to fix it?

s14driftking

peace a timber under it, on seruios note is there a nut that can be tightened on it

galwaydude18

s14driftking wrote: »

peace a timber under it, on seruios note is there a nut that can be tightened on it

There is a big plastic knob on the side of it that ya can turn but it doesn't seem to tighten it at all

ironclaw

galwaydude18 wrote: »

There is a big plastic knob on the side of it that ya can turn but it doesn't seem to tighten it at all

Probably a busted washer by the looks of it. Best to take it apart if you are handy and have a look. Otherwise, order one.

s14driftking

galwaydude18 wrote: »

There is a big plastic knob on the side of it that ya can turn but it doesn't seem to tighten it at all

will the knob come off if so take it off and turn the bar that goes into it with a visegrip to get the height your happy with.

galwaydude18

s14driftking wrote: »

will the knob come off if so take it off and turn the bar that goes into it with a visegrip to get the height your happy with.

I never tried taking the knob off. When I put.my elbow on it and it falls down it makes like a clicking noise like a rachtet or something

galwaydude18

ironclaw wrote: »

Probably a busted washer by the looks of it. Best to take it apart if you are handy and have a look. Otherwise, order one.

Where would the washer be?

galwaydude18

I just tried to take the big plastic knob and no luck. Anyone else any ideas?

galwaydude18

Any ideas?

galwaydude18

Anyone know how to take it off so I can try fix it?

Kimbot

Throw up a pic of it

galwaydude18

jonny24ie wrote: »

Throw up a pic of it

That's a pic of it

Kimbot

I think you actually have to remove the back of the seat to be able to take the armrest out

galwaydude18

jonny24ie wrote: »

I think you actually have to remove the back of the seat to be able to take the armrest out

OK if I take the back of the seat off is there anything I should b looking for that I could tighten up or that?

colm_mcm

This is aftermarket but should give you an idea what you're looking at.

http://www.armrest.info/montering/F1340-50002RL.pdf

galwaydude18

colm_mcm wrote: »

This is aftermarket but should give you an idea what you're looking at.

http://www.armrest.info/montering/F1340-50002RL.pdf

Cheers COLM. That's a great pdf. I'll have a look at it tomorrow

galwaydude18

Anyone else know how to fix these?

Cheensbo

Looks like there's a little cap in the centre of the knob on the side , there should be a little groove for a small flathead screwdriver to prise it off.

Then have a look and see what holds it all together and what the mechanism is, get creative with some screws if you don't mind aesthetics.

Failing that get a seat from a breakers/scrapyard and swap it over.

ORVEE

Changed one last month. Remove the centre cap, and then just pull off the knob(this is for the lumbar support).

Put the armrest in the upright position and you should see two small tabs at the 3 o clock and 9 o clock position. Prise these tabs outwards and the armrest should just pull out. Mine was very tight so i just sprayed some WD40 in around the tabs and it came off easily enough then.

I was lucky enough that i had sourced a second hand part so i could just swop them around. There's a ratchet mechanism inside the armrest which causes the problem.This can be taken apart(3 screws), but the fabric is so tightly fitted to the armrest that it would probably be damaged trying to remove it.

galwaydude18

ORVEE wrote: »

Changed one last month. Remove the centre cap, and then just pull off the knob(this is for the lumbar support).

Put the armrest in the upright position and you should see two small tabs at the 3 o clock and 9 o clock position. Prise these tabs outwards and the armrest should just pull out. Mine was very tight so i just sprayed some WD40 in around the tabs and it came off easily enough then.

I was lucky enough that i had sourced a second hand part so i could just swop them around. There's a ratchet mechanism inside the armrest which causes the problem.This can be taken apart(3 screws), but the fabric is so tightly fitted to the armrest that it would probably be damaged trying to remove it.

Cheers for that!! I thinks it's the rachet mechanism that's not working on mine and causing it not to stay up. Did you replace the rachet mechanism on yours?

ORVEE

galwaydude18 wrote: »

Cheers for that!! I thinks it's the rachet mechanism that's not working on mine and causing it not to stay up. Did you replace the rachet mechanism on yours?

Na, i was able to get me hands on a secondhand armrest, so i just replaced it!

galwaydude18

galwaydude18 wrote: »

I never tried taking the knob off. When I put.my elbow on it and it falls down it makes like a clicking noise like a rachtet or something

That stop it from constantly falling down then?

ORVEE

galwaydude18 wrote: »

That stop it from constantly falling down then?

Yep. I had a look around earlier for the old armrest to take it apart and have a look inside but unfortunately i couldn't find it, so i'm not sure exactly what part of the ratchet mechanism failed.

goz83