Squeaky driver's seat


Tomcat

GT Owner
I noticed for the first time last evening that my driver's seat squeaks/creaks as I move around due to the dynamics of driving. I changed the angle of the back seat and made sure that it was not rubbing on anything. It seems to be coming from the lower lumbar area between the seat material and the carbon fiber shell.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tom
Ps-2006 with 40,000 miles
 

PeteK

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Apr 18, 2014
2,267
Kalama, Free part of WA State
Tom, try pushing it back against the firewall and see if it still squeaks. If it doesn't squeak there, that gives you something to compare against. Since I'm fairly long in the legs, I drive with the seat all the way back and have never heard what you describe.
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
Tom, try pushing it back against the firewall and see if it still squeaks. If it doesn't squeak there, that gives you something to compare against. Since I'm fairly long in the legs, I drive with the seat all the way back and have never heard what you describe.
Roger...it seems like flex noise. What do the two "star fasteners" wth some sort of grommet on each side of the seat do?
 

RPM217

2005 white/blue stripe
Jun 18, 2010
1,658
Rye Brook, New York
Roger...it seems like flex noise. What do the two "star fasteners" wth some sort of grommet on each side of the seat do?

Hey Tom, leave me out of it!! :)
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
Hey Tom, leave me out of it!! :)
Roger, Roger...vector, Victor...clearance, Clarence...
 

sr71

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
May 22, 2007
512
Calgary, Great White
Just powder your cheeks.
 

TO AWSUM

Ford GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 4, 2007
1,506
Niceville FL
Just powder your cheeks.

I was thinking maybe you should stop wearing bikini undies like Frank's.
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
I was thinking maybe you should stop wearing bikini undies like Frank's.

Fighter guy...commando
 

RPM217

2005 white/blue stripe
Jun 18, 2010
1,658
Rye Brook, New York
Fighter guy...commando
TMI
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
Cured.
Across/opposite from the seat back angle adjustment knob is a plastic cap (on carbon fiber shell of the seat next to the center console) . Pulling that cap exposed the other end of the rotating shaft/mechanism for the seat rake adjustment. I squirted some white lithium grease in there and moved the knob through the full range of motion a few times and sqeak is GONE!
 

PeteK

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Apr 18, 2014
2,267
Kalama, Free part of WA State
Thanks, good to know.
 

PeteK

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Apr 18, 2014
2,267
Kalama, Free part of WA State
BTW, with only 40,000 miles on it, yer not driving it enough!
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
AGREED!!!
 

DXB.GT

GT Owner
Aug 17, 2017
17
BTW, I have the same problem :( and my GT is only 6k miles
I turn the radio on all the time to not hear the squeak sound hhhh

I will try your way an i hope the sound will go
 

PeteK

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Apr 18, 2014
2,267
Kalama, Free part of WA State
It's squeaking because you don't drive it enough.
 

Tomcat

GT Owner
BTW, I have the same problem :( and my GT is only 6k miles
I turn the radio on all the time to not hear the squeak sound hhhh

I will try your way an i hope the sound will go
I hope it helps...