Rear seat question

[ASTAR]

Is the rear blazer seat in the 80's (86ish) a fold and tumble? Also what's the width of the factory rear seat?

Thanks!

 

[K85 Octane]

my 85 is fold and tumble. And is damn near the width of the wheel wells. Maybe ~1-2" shorter on each side.

 

[ASTAR]

Thanks!

 

[JeffsJeep04]

From the 1986 brochure, sounds like fold and tumble rear seat was standard:

 

[pblaze725]

My '81 seats are fold & tumble. I got mine at the junkyard for 25 bucks! Its blue velvet.
There is 1.25 " CLR on each side if you remove the armrests. I did a mini tub on mine & wanted to keep the back seat:





I can get you an exact measurement of the width of the seat when I get home.

 

[K85 Octane]

where's your tumble locking rod? It bolts to the floor beside the seat

 

[pblaze725]

where's your tumble locking rod? It bolts to the floor beside the seat

In the center of the back of the seat. When you fold it down it locks into the floor.

 

[pblaze725]

seat info

I measured my seat & took some pix for you:
This is my blue velvet seat I got from the junkyard for $25. The ENTIRE interior was draped with this pattern!

23" tall at rest

This pic shows (2) mounting bolts & the latch receiver in the floor

folded forward the seat is still about 23" tall

This is the handle for the tumble part.

 

[pblaze725]

Seat info cont.

This is the seat folded

The seat was 48.5" wide before I removed the armrests. Mine is now 47" wide.

This is the lever to engage the fold.

This is the handle to engage the tumble.

 

[mrwilliamsburg33]

I have an 86, it folds and tumbles... The release is on one side or the other... I'm thinking drivers side, but not sure. I'm thinking about taking mine out anyway... Not too many people I know would want to sit back there anyhow. (Plus I don't like the red/burgundy I've got)

 

[K85 Octane]

sorry
This is what I'm talking about. It locks the seat forward when tumbled. That's how my 85 is anyway. Either way, there is no room for it when tubbed

 

[mrwilliamsburg33]

This might be a stupid question, but since I'm not into all the body modifications, what do you mean by tubbed?

 

[K85 Octane]

tubbed is what he did, sort of
it's just when you add to the existing wheel wells or cut them out and make entirely new ones

 

[USSkoval]

For those that are wondering, all '78-'91 rear seats are fold and tumble. '73-'77 are stationary.

 

[goathearder]

Are there any articles about people swapping later fold and tumbles into the earlier stationary Blazers? I took my seat out cause it uses too much space but would love to put one back in.

 

[K85 Octane]

don't see why you couldn't
but you'll need the pins in the floor, would be easy enough to cut some holes and put plates in from a newer blazer.

 

[goathearder]

Hmmmmm, I'll have to see if I can find a junkyard one somewhere and check it out.

 

[USSkoval]

Are there any articles about people swapping later fold and tumbles into the earlier stationary Blazers? I took my seat out cause it uses too much space but would love to put one back in.

I have done it. Well, almost. I still need to finish it. I didn't use the factory mounting system for a couple reasons. One, the seat would be too close to the floor and there would be no legroom due to the flat floor of my '77. Two, there would also not be enough floor clearance for the seat to tumble forward completely. I spaced up the front mounts to give about 3 more inches of room. At the rear, I still need to mount square-type u-bolts to the floor, for the seat to latch onto. The only downside to this will be the u-bolts sticking up out of the floor when the seat is tumbled.

 

[ASTAR]

Pblaze, thanks a lot man, very helpful!

 

[goathearder]

Ah, so it latches with u bolts. That may not be good for me cause I want to sleep back there.