Need help with new seats for my 172M

[TOM HASSENFRITZ]

Does anyone have a sewing pattern for at least the front seats on a Cessna 172M ? Thanks, T.H.

 

[Gary Ward]

You can do what my wife does, cut them apart and make new ones from the old ones used as a pattern.

When we recovered our 172 N seats we went with ...I forget the name.

 

[455 Bravo Uniform]

When we recovered our 172 N seats we went with ...I forget the name.

I don’t see no “we” in that pic. Looks like she did all the work.

 

[455 Bravo Uniform]

And welcome to POA almost 4 years belated, @TOM HASSENFRITZ

 

[Gary Ward]

I don’t see no “we” in that pic. Looks like she did all the work.

Yes she did all the upholstery work, I bolted the seat back together when she was done. It was a seat for a work truck, freightliner.

Airtex is who we used for our aircraft seats and in that case I did all the work.

We both have been doing upholstery work since we were teenagers. She went to a 2 year trade school for upholstery in her Jr and Sr year of hi school.
The only girl in the program. I have done seats for classic muscle cars and trucks over the years.
Before the seat frame was stripped of paint/adhesive and refinished.

 

[Dan Thomas]

Those two clevis pins, circled in red, are potential killers. They ride on the seat-back adjusting cam, which is just a thin piece of steel sheet, and they get cut. I have found them worn considerably more than halfway through. If one failed and the other was worn thin, the seat back could flop back, dropping the pilot back. On takeoff that could be a real bad thing. The reaction would be to pull yourself back up, and you're holding the control wheel, so what happens?

 

[Gary Ward]

This seat/aircraft only had about 1500 hours on it when I did the seats and luckily they were in pretty good shape.

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Those two clevis pins, circled in red, are potential killers. They ride on the seat-back adjusting cam, which is just a thin piece of steel sheet, and they get cut. I have found them worn considerably more than halfway through. If one failed and the other was worn thin, the seat back could flop back, dropping the pilot back. On takeoff that could be a real bad thing. The reaction would be to pull yourself back up, and you're holding the control wheel, so what happens?

I let go of the control wheel and reach up and hit the blue button on the AP...in a perfect world.

 

[TOM HASSENFRITZ]

Thank you for the reply and I will definitely replace those two pivot pins and check the clevis's. Do you guys sell the patterns or replacement seats for my 172M?

 

[TOM HASSENFRITZ]

And welcome to POA almost 4 years belated, @TOM HASSENFRITZ

Thanks, there is no better community than the aviation community and you guys are a great conduit to that invaluable resource. T.H.

 

[Gary Ward]

Thank you for the reply and I will definitely replace those two pivot pins and check the clevis's. Do you guys sell the patterns or replacement seats for my 172M?

Like I said I used Airtex for the pre sewn covers. Maybe call them and ask if they will sell you the patterns?
Or find a old seat and cut the uphostery apart to get your patterns?

I don't know, it seems like the pre sewn covers from Airtex was pretty reasonable cost wise and fit great.

 

[TOM HASSENFRITZ]

I will check them out! Thanks