Seat back not working

Has anyone had the seat rake adjuster wheel pack up - I cannot adjust the seat back on my 2004 Freelander which is a real pain as the missus drives it as well and we have the seat back in different positions the adjuster just goes round without doing anything.

Where do I start to fix this - any advice gratefully received.

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Del.

burn it.

I don't know whats wrong with it but you will have to remove the seat cover and foam before you can get at the mechanism .

3.5 efi said:

burn it.

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Could you be a little more specific if you are genuinely being helpful do you mean:

The Freelander.
The seat back.
The adjuster.

I just went out and pulled the adjuster wheel off , simples . I'm sure you have also tried that and checked if the wheel is broken and tried turning the spindle with a vice grip .

Sorted - it was just the adjuster wheel broken inside, I must admit I never checked that as it felt like it was a cog/gear wheel not meshing in the seat.

I just dug out the broken part of the adjuster filled the blind hole with fibre glass resin waited till it was just setting then refitted it on the adjuster spindle once it was set firmly it was working again as it should.

Thanks for the help.