I have an 01 CBR 600 F4i. The rear seat wont open. I pried in there and saw that the cable has become detached from the locking mechanism. Has anyone had this problem, and how did u fix it? If I knew how the mechanism worked I might be able to just press in a certain area and pop it open.

Thanks

 

I tried to pull it...are you talking about the part that is facing towards the left side of the bike? I tried to hook it with a wire coat hanger, then I tried to pull it with a needle nosed pliers...nothing. If I could fine a diagram I could prolly figure it out...but there are none that I can find.

 

I found a diagram...I am just gonna take it to Honda. Not worth the hassle. Thanks for the help tho.

 

No need to take it to the shop. Just pull off your tail cowl & fix it. Once the tail cowl is off, you'll have all the access you need to work on it.

 

yea, i'd say take it to a shop if you cant get leverage on the lever that releases the seat

 

plus I am chewing up the padding on the under edge of the seat in an attempt to get leverage, so before I totally mess things up I'm better off taking it to the shop.

 

I should clarify.... I know you can't get the tail "off" persay but you should be able to manipulate it enough to get to the cable. To see if I could do this, last night I pulled out the 4 retaining clips, & took off the two frankenstein bolts. Also, I removed the front seat. After that, I was able to move around the cowl enough to reach up in there w/a long screwdriver to pop the cable from its holder. Once I did that, I grabbed it w/ some long needle nosed pliers & viola. It was a huge pain but it can be done.

I needed to know how anyway, as I just did the F4i split seat conversion & don't yet have a new key lock. For now, I've just got a ziptie attached to the cable & running it out the keylock's hole in the battery tray. Its not pretty but its working til I get a new keylock.

Anyway, good luck to you.