Ok, so I did some searching and couldn't find anyone else experiencing the problem so hopefully someone out there can help.
I am reinstalling my rear seats. I have the back section on no problem. I don't think that the bottom part is going on properly. When I set the seat frame into the piece that is welded to the floor the seat just kind of floats around and isn't tight. There is a lot of play in it. What I am missing?? I can push the seat back far enough to where the part of the frame that goes in the bracket is behind the bracket, but then nothing is holding the seat in place. I am probably just missing something stupid but I just can't figure it out. I need to get the seat in today so I can actually use it for it's intended purpose.

Is there another wire part of the frame that is further forward?
You might be hooking the wrong part of the seat into the bracket, Ive done that almost every time I put the seat in

What works for me is to shove the bottom of the seat in all the way, push it back hard then try and shove it down into the catch

At first I had thought that I did have it hooked in at the wrong spot. I am pretty sure that I am getting it in right. I am going to post a link to some pics maybe that will help.

Ok, I have posted some pics, they are large pics to show detail. not for the faint of internet speeds.
http://www.segebergs.com/camaro/issues/issues.html

It looks like your doing it right, it just looks like the bottom isn't going back far enough. I just installed mine and thought I was going to push the seat into the trunk before I felt it drop, slide forward and lock in! Make sure all three parts of the top piece are locked in next to the package tray, and the bottom tabs are in place (mine popped off in the process). Then getting a running start!:thumbsup: You are also correct that it should not move around at all once it in place, other than about an inch forward and back.

so forward and backward motion is normal? If that is the case then it is in correctly. The upholstery was very torn up in the car when I got so I have nothing to reference this from. I just thought the movement and the gaps on the side where not right. It sounds as though it is ok. Thanks.

On some of them you really need to slam the bottom in and the frame will bend some and then catch in those hooks. Don't be afraid to get a good shoulder into it.

Tilt the seat so that the rear end goes "all the way back" before dropping the front part of the seat....Also I just use a cresent wrench and push on the wire (as I'm keeping pressure on the seat itself) to engage it into the hook...use a flashlight and just put your head all the way on the floor so you can see that your pushing on the correct wire....

From your pics...It does not look like it's all the way back.....There shouldn't be any backwards & fowards "Slop"....and only a tad bit of side to side slop!

Dan

It looks like your upper seat isn't down far enough , like Robert said make sure all three spots where the upper part of the seat fasten in are engaged properly then you will have the right amount of interference to hold the lower seat in.
How about a pic of the top of the seat back in relation to the package tray so we can see if its down far enough.

Rack man is right on.

You need to drop the back in first, on an angle. Push down really hard . .as in when I did mine I had my right foot in the drivers side and left foot in the passenger side and pushed while driving my shoulder into the seat. When you get the seat to bottom out to metal . . . then you push it down into the bracket . . . as you release pressure it will move forward and "lock" into position with the floor channel hooks.

Just went thru this a few weeks back . . . not an easy procedure . . but once you get it it will be nice and tight with no play.

Good luck

John

Johnny k you must be talking about installing the back seat with the bucket seats out of the car.

Do you have any shots of the floor hooks themselves? If they are beat up, that may be part of the problem. It shouldn't have those spaces in the back.

The top part of the back seat is definately in correct. The top part of the frame is set in all three of the hooks on the package tray. As you can see from the third picture the tab is through the slot in the frame. It is bolted down the way it should be.
I don't have to hardly push at all to get the frame to drop into the hooks on the floor. No where near the amount that you guys are talking about having to do with yours and there is definately some movement in the seat when it is in the hooks. I wouldn't think that there should be any movement. And I don't remember it coming out as easily as it seems to be going in. Granted that was a while ago.

when you push in on the bottom of that seat you actually can feel it deform a little and when it is in place there is constant tension on it. As the other guys have mentioned you really have to give it quite a shove to get it to hook up.

It is definantly hooking into the bracket on the floor. I can reach under the seat and feel it in the bracket. I posted more pics witht the seat out as were requested. Both the brackets appear to be just fine. Take a look and tell me what you think.

http://www.segebergs.com/camaro/issues/issues.html

That just don't look right in pic 3 and 4.
even looks loose.