70chall440
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Well the fun never stops... I thought I was done with the seats FINALLY... but oh no, not so fast. When after installing the passenger side I went to try it out and lo and behold, it would not adjust, or adjust very much. So out comes and I try and figure out what is happening. I made a few "improvements" thinking that I had solved the problem but after putting it back in, I noticed a ball bearing on the carpet and of course the seat will not move.
So I removed the seat AGAIN... and removed the outside track (the one with the adjuster knob). After playing with it a bit it literally came apart or separated. I discovered that not only had the ball bearing come out if it but the cage which holds it was a bit mangled as well.
I was able to fix the cage but then discovered it was broken so I welded it. then I found out that the whole track was bent so I straightened that. After about 3 hours of jerking around I went to reassemble it to find out that it was never meant to come apart, they hammer 2 larger dimples into one side which prevents the top (part nearest the seat) from coming off the track.
So I flattened out the dimples and began to get it back together but then decided I was fighting an uphill battle and it would never be right mainly because it is made with thinner materials than the original. It is the same basic design but not the same.
The main problem is that it was bent or bowed. I believe that I did this when I tightened the mounting bolts in the car. This caused a cascading effect of failure. I have these same tracks in my Cuda and did not have this issue at all.
So in the end I went onto eBay and bought a set off someone there but I have little doubt that they will have issues as well, but the difference is that the factory ones can be worked with I think.
So I removed the seat AGAIN... and removed the outside track (the one with the adjuster knob). After playing with it a bit it literally came apart or separated. I discovered that not only had the ball bearing come out if it but the cage which holds it was a bit mangled as well.
I was able to fix the cage but then discovered it was broken so I welded it. then I found out that the whole track was bent so I straightened that. After about 3 hours of jerking around I went to reassemble it to find out that it was never meant to come apart, they hammer 2 larger dimples into one side which prevents the top (part nearest the seat) from coming off the track.
So I flattened out the dimples and began to get it back together but then decided I was fighting an uphill battle and it would never be right mainly because it is made with thinner materials than the original. It is the same basic design but not the same.
The main problem is that it was bent or bowed. I believe that I did this when I tightened the mounting bolts in the car. This caused a cascading effect of failure. I have these same tracks in my Cuda and did not have this issue at all.
So in the end I went onto eBay and bought a set off someone there but I have little doubt that they will have issues as well, but the difference is that the factory ones can be worked with I think.
