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 Petey
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| posted on December 22nd, 2009 at 10:12 AM |
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Seat Adjustment is crazy hard
Hi there,
Adjusting the seat position in my squareback has always been ridiculously hard, just wondering if this is the norm or is there some way to make them
work smoother.
Thanks
Pete
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| posted on December 22nd, 2009 at 02:42 PM |
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Just a thought mate, have you had a look at your seat guide rails. In between the seat and the seat runner, there is a plastic guide (for want of a
better word) that acts as a bearing and allows the seat to 'glide' easily on the runner.
When I pulled the seats out of my Notch, these guides were almost non-existent.....might be the same with yours.
Electricmonk had some of these....check this post: http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=80798
Hope you can sort something out mate
Scarab (aka: Paul)
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Petey
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| posted on December 22nd, 2009 at 02:52 PM |
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Thanks, Paul!
I have new ones that I bought from ISP west, but it's still really stiff. I wonder if maybe my rails are somehow bent?
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| posted on December 25th, 2009 at 11:21 PM |
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Mine are exactly the same. Moving the seat rails requires the full force of pushing with both legs braced against the floor and your back firmly
against the seat. I got it adjusted to my preferred position just fine, but it is too inconvenient for others to move it if they are ever lucky enough
to be allowed a drive! Haven't looked into fixing this yet as it doesn't really bother me on a regular basis.
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| posted on December 26th, 2009 at 07:58 AM |
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and what about some good ole vaseline?
when i get a car or even a donor i oil every bolt nut and screw days b4 working on it.
30 yrs of grit and the odd pencil or 5 c coin can jam the works on the seat rails very soon
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Petey
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| posted on January 7th, 2010 at 09:32 PM |
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Cool, I polished up the channels on the seats and coated the rails with vaseline and now they work great! I guess they were just a bit clogged.
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 06:07 AM |
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get some ne plastic runners as well it u aint already got them makes them adjust nice use Moly grease as well will last longer than vasso
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| posted on January 9th, 2010 at 07:30 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vw54
get some ne plastic runners as well it u aint already got them makes them adjust nice use Moly grease as well will last longer than vasso
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Youse bin drinking when you wrote this Dave?? We get the message but it doesn't make sense. Well it's not written in a good way! 
DH
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| posted on January 13th, 2010 at 05:18 PM |
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well done
enjoy
vicks is ok too
smells nice and prevents colds in Melb lol
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posted by Petey
Cool, I polished up the channels on the seats and coated the rails with vaseline and now they work great! I guess they were just a bit clogged.
Thanks
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