Seat rail stop change?

[jlucas]

While I had my seats out and apart for refinishing, I noted the rail stop (996 521 603 00) at the back of rail (#17 in the picture below).  It looked to me that there was more travel available.

So I looked in the part listing and evidently this part is only applied on option M553 cars which is USA & Canada destination cars.

Anyone in the USA removed them?  does the bolt become the next stopping point?  Looks like you'd gain about an inch of travel.  Probably would be appreciated by a lot of passengers.

#16 (986 521 643 00) would probably be needed instead for proper load distribution in the event of a crash

Edited April 2, 2018 by jlucas

[jlucas]

I got confirmation on another forum that people have done this.  I'll take some pictures when I do it.

[Loren]

2 hours ago, jlucas said:

I got confirmation on another forum that people have done this.  I'll take some pictures when I do it.

 

[jlucas]

So I removed the part on my passenger seat and measured no difference in seat travel.   It did not appear that the tab on this part was actually contacting anything in the seat rail mechanism.  I even looked into the seat rail with a scope and did not find what was limiting travel.  I ran out of time to investigate further.

Edited April 21, 2018 by jlucas