Mustang seat problems

[vicrider]

I purchased a Mustang seat used for my '02 Valk Standard. Very happy with seat in good shape. Went to put the seat on and back went on fine. Front section will slip into the rear mount fine, but won't lock into the front key lock. It just doesn't go down far enough to lock it in. Looking at filing down the hole in the Mustang seat. Can the key lock be raised? Can a person cut the rubber pads on the bottom of the Mustang pan down slightly to drop a little further into the slot?

Have others had this problem and if so, what's the correction.

Another thing I don't like is the Mustang seat is slightly further back than stock and leaves a gap between seat and tank which exposes the worn paint where the stock seat rubbed. I've had Mustang seats for years and love them but this one is giving me aggravation.

[R J]

The little 'U' piece the seat connects to, raise it up.

Some seats even when that connection is tight, you have to set on the seat and push down hard on the nose to get it to latch.

If  it latches that way, you will have to do the same thing to get it unlocked.  No biggie.   Just have to work a little harder to fasten and releas it..

Nothing wrong with the seat, it is an operator error.  LOL   Laugh now, that was a joke.

[fudgie]

Mine leaves no gap. Do you have the right seat and/or the right tank?

[Daniel Meyer]

The mustang is styled after the pre-2000 valk seat front and the nose is lower than the 2000-up seats, thus the exposed worn paint area.

I prefer the later seats as they keep you from sliding forward, but some prefer the older style. Usually it's only the clear-coat that is scuffed from the stock seat and it can be polished out.

[vicrider]

I took a look at the catch. There doesn't seem a way to raise it. I took a good luck at the latch and realized I had a small square file almost that exact size. I filed a small notch in the hole in bracket on seat approx. halfway down thru the metal below the hole. PERFECT.  Latches nice and easy, snug, just like it's supposed to work now. It seems like there are few things you order for a bike or boat that fall into place. Usually need a few touches to go right.

[BF]

The only problem with my Mustang is that I can't sit on it for more than an hour.   

[Chiefy]

I took a look at the catch. There doesn't seem a way to raise it. I took a good luck at the latch and realized I had a small square file almost that exact size. I filed a small notch in the hole in bracket on seat approx. halfway down thru the metal below the hole. PERFECT.  Latches nice and easy, snug, just like it's supposed to work now. It seems like there are few things you order for a bike or boat that fall into place. Usually need a few touches to go right.

On my Corbin I put a pair of thin washers between the seat pan and the U bracket (like RJ was saying.)  Snaps in easily and is a snug fit.

[raker]

try moving your rear seat back.

[Steve K (IA)]

If I remember correctly, there are rubber bumpers on both sides that sit on the frame.  Those bumpers may be keeping the seat from pushing down far enough to allow the seat to latch.  Shave down those bumpers a bit.