seat track help needed please.
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kensmith
seat track help needed please.
The seat track on the rear of the passenger seat has 2 small brackets. None on the driver side. Any idea what the brackets are for and am I just missing the driver side? Are there supposed to be on the front also? Fist photo is passenger seat with the two brackets on the rear, second is driver with no brackets. THANKS !!!
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Red76
Re: seat track help needed please.
Ok, looked on my 76 and I do not have those on either side. Not sure what they are for. 
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kensmith
Re: seat track help needed please.
Yes, kinda strange they are on one side but not the other. And I have no clue of the purpose.Red76 wrote:Ok, looked on my 76 and I do not have those on either side. Not sure what they are for.
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manoa matt
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Re: seat track help needed please.
Those brackets prevent the seat from sliding all the way back. They also prevent an easy removal of the seat from the rails. The brackets are usually thrown away after the owner/mechanic finally gets the seat off and realizes why it was so hard. I have a couple sets of these brackets if you need extra.
I guess the intent was to prevent the cobbling of feet for the rear seat passenger if the front seat passenger decided to move the seat back. Or so the front seat back and rear seat cushion were not in constant contact as mold will easily form between the vinyl.
The sliding seat track adjuster rails have stops built into them so they do not slide apart. However that built in stop may only have been designed for the track adjuster itself, and not to stop the seat from sliding all the way back. I've noticed that with the several parts cars I've taken apart that if the brackets were still there, the sliding seat track adjuster rails were still tight, while cars with the brackets removed had loose adjuster rails that sometimes don't function properly.
Think of it like an extension ladder. If the two sections do not overlap enough, they won't support the weight and can deform.
I guess the intent was to prevent the cobbling of feet for the rear seat passenger if the front seat passenger decided to move the seat back. Or so the front seat back and rear seat cushion were not in constant contact as mold will easily form between the vinyl.
The sliding seat track adjuster rails have stops built into them so they do not slide apart. However that built in stop may only have been designed for the track adjuster itself, and not to stop the seat from sliding all the way back. I've noticed that with the several parts cars I've taken apart that if the brackets were still there, the sliding seat track adjuster rails were still tight, while cars with the brackets removed had loose adjuster rails that sometimes don't function properly.
Think of it like an extension ladder. If the two sections do not overlap enough, they won't support the weight and can deform.