How To Repair A Split Seams On Motorcycle Seat
Thread: how to prepare divide leather seat seam
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04-17-2007,07:00 PM #1
I know the seams on my driver`s seat were fine, but after getting the automobile dorsum from the shop one of the seams in the was split (the fibers look like they were ripped out). The shop owner says it`s normal habiliment, merely I tin can`t come across how a seam can become from beingness fine to separate across the seat in two days.
Anyhow, what`s the recommendation on how to fix the seam? Practise I just glue them together or is there a fashion to restitch the seat? I only want to continue things from getting worse and more seams from getting stressed and breaking.
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04-17-2007,07:06 PM #2
Whose yer DADDY!??!?!?!?!
I would have it to a quality upholstery store and see if they tin can re-stitch information technology, as long as the leather itself was non ripped I am sure they will exist able to fix it for not that much.
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04-17-2007,11:56 PM #iii
Have a pro look at it, nearly can restitch a seam as long as the material isnt ripped and information technology is just the thread that failed.
Good luck
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04-18-2007,03:55 AM #iv
yes dont even think about gum or leather repair kits...a shop should exist able resew information technology practiced equally new for non much $
if y'all want to lower the price remove the seat and dismantle what you can before taking it in
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04-eighteen-2007,ten:08 AM #5
Even if the material failed past taking a slightly wider sew together seam the seat can be repaired and so that information technology will not be noticable. Like said above you can reduce the toll by removing the seat cover yourself only, depending on the attachment design (i.eastward. "hog rings") you might non have the tools and parts to put the cover back on correctly. If you would like to practise this allow me know and I tin walk you through information technology. Virtually � of the fourth dimension you lot don`t fifty-fifty have to remove the seat from the car.
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04-eighteen-2007,x:24 AM #half-dozen
Definitely become it restiched. This happened in my jag, and I resewed the seat myself...didn`t fifty-fifty need to take it out of the car or off the frame. A quality upholstery store tin prepare that no problem.
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04-18-2007,01:52 PM #seven
thanks. I checked the service manual and removing the seat doesn`t seem too hard. now, I have to wonder, was using lexol 4x year plenty to continue the leather supple enough for a sewing automobile
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04-18-2007,02:11 PM #viii
Originally Posted by medic thank you. I checked the service manual and removing the seat doesn`t seem too hard. now, I take to wonder, was using lexol 4x year enough to keep the leather supple enough for a sewing machine
I don`t think the seats on my jag had been cared for in YEARS, it was literally like cardboard. I paw-stiched mine, and the fix has been holding for about 4 years with no sign of problems with the leather. I can`t imagine a machine having problems...after all, they exercise sew shoe leather. :express mirth:
Later I stock-still the seats, I did a complete Leatherique refinish on them, so they are like cardboard no more than.
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04-nineteen-2007,08:51 AM #9
At that place could have been any number of reasons for the failure. The bobbin could take run out and they didn`t glue / tie the last / offset stitch is the virtually common.
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09-13-2007,01:eighteen PM #x
Titania, Can you provide suggestions on what materials (thread type, needle) you used to resew your seat seams?
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09-thirteen-2007,01:24 PM #11
If the thread is a top sew (i.e. seen on the surface to one side of the seam) so use #138. Thread to bring together the seam 92#. These #`s are thread size. The larger the number, the larger and stronger the thread. If yous are manus sewing then I would suggest merely picking upwards color matching rug thread which is a 138# typically. A trip to your local material shop and some questions to the clerk will point y'all in the right direction. Y'all might exist able to get by with button thread if you double stiched the seam simply it would only rank as a 69# thread. Nosotros used this as a serging thread. Stronger than off the shelf vesture thread but not by much.
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09-14-2007,07:19 AM #12
Originally Posted by v_tory Titania, Can you provide suggestions on what materials (thread blazon, needle) you lot used to resew your seat seams?
Sure...on the Jag, the seat seam I repaired had hidden stiching (one of the primary front bolster seams on the seat that ran from the pinnacle front corner of the seat cushion to the heart). So, the goal was to have none of the stiches show. I used a ii.5" curved upholstery needle similar this one:
The thread I used was a .5 mm waxed cotton thread. The waxed cotton has the advantage of not slipping in one case you`ve got the seam started. Pull information technology tight, and information technology stays tight. I used a ladder stich, which is specifically designed to exist invisible.
Hope that helps.
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