Hyster Forklift Seats

A Hyster forklift seat is easy to find here and harder to pin down, because 253 listings mention Hyster and a seat. Vinyl dominates, cloth seats come next, suspension seats are a smaller group, and a good number of the listings are switches, harnesses, cushions and belts that go with a seat rather than the seat itself. This page helps you sort out which is which.

Almost everything here is aftermarket. When a listing opens with "FOR HYSTER," the part was made to fit Hyster trucks by another manufacturer, and the name is only there for matching. We list more than 45,000 parts for forklifts, aerial lifts, floor scrubbers, personnel carriers and pallet jacks, and the seats are one corner of that.

Hyster Forklift Seat Replacement: Picking the Cover

Start with the cover, because it splits the page fastest. About 160 listings are vinyl, as in "FOR HYSTER SEAT - VINYL 3029740," and about 35 are cloth. Six of the cloth ones say gray, such as "FOR HYSTER SEAT - CLOTH GRAY 1678474," which is useful if you want to match the color of an existing seat.

Fourteen listings are suspension seats, three are folding seats and two are hinged. Twelve are cushions, mostly bottom cushions, for a seat whose frame is still sound. A few listings add adjusters to the vinyl seat ("W/ADJUSTERS"), so look for that detail in the name if your old seat could slide.

Seat Switches, Harnesses and Belts

About 29 listings are written "W/SWITCH," meaning the seat is listed with a switch, such as "FOR HYSTER SEAT - VINYL W/SWITCH 800048493-E." Separately, 17 listings are switches of their own, including "FOR HYSTER SWITCH - SEAT 3031997" and the harness version, "FOR HYSTER SWITCH - SEAT W/HARNESS 3057555." Seven listings include a harness. If the switch on your truck has failed, the forklift switches page lists about 1,500 across all makes.

Four listings are belts, and the forklift seat belts page holds 28 across all brands. A few other items turn up because "seat" is in the name, such as a shock absorber and seat adjusters, so read the wording of each before ordering.

Reading Hyster Seat Numbers

Most numbers are six or seven digits: 1603739, 3026742, 377967, 138081. Some begin with a zero, like 0306747 and 0130800, and the zero matters because the same digits appear both ways, as in 269450 and 0269450. Some nine-digit numbers also appear, such as 800116904 and 150019501. Twenty-two end in -E, sometimes repeated, as in 0322757-E and 1345826-BSL-E-E-E, so copy everything after the first dash.

Two numbers use letters first: ZS53245327 and ZS80083895. If your seat has a model on the data plate, a few listings name Hyster model codes, for instance S50XM, S60XM, E50XM and E60XM on a molded seat assembly. Another says "FT SERIES SEAT 4603382." Use the number when you have it; use the model code as a second search when you don't.

Seats That Name More Than One Make

Twenty-four listings name another make beside Hyster. Yale is the most common partner at 22, then Clark at 12, Caterpillar at 9 and Toyota at 7. Those are universal seats and they show up on several pages, so compare them with Yale seats (about 190), Caterpillar seats (about 240) and Clark seats (96). The Toyota seats page has about 160.

For the Hyster brand as a whole, the Hyster forklift parts page covers every part type, and next to this one you'll find Hyster ignition switches and Hyster keys.

Hyster Seat FAQ

Why are there switches and belts on a seat page?

Their names contain the word "seat," so the page picks them up. Seventeen of the listings are switches, and they're worth treating as a separate purchase.

What should I do with a leading zero?

Keep it. Search the number with the zero first, then without it, since listings write some numbers both ways.

Is there a gray seat?

Six listings say gray, and all six are cloth. Add that word to your search.