REFURBISHING BUCKET SEAT TRACKS

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CFD244

CFD244

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Hi Folks

My 1971 bucket seat tracks need to be refurbished. They work good, but are a little dirty and have a little surface rust. I would like to clean, paint and lube them before installation. Do they need to be disassembled to do this, or can they be done as a unit. Thanks FABO.
 
CFD244 said:
Hi Folks

My 1971 bucket seat tracks need to be refurbished. They work good, but are a little dirty and have a little surface rust. I would like to clean, paint and lube them before installation. Do they need to be disassembled to do this, or can they be done as a unit. Thanks FABO.
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I took mine apart to do them. Cleaned to bare metal, primed and refinished using multiple coats of Duplicolor semi-gloss Fleet coating. Buy it at Canadian Tire.

This stuff is amazing!.


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Soaked the tracks in Varsol and used a cleaning brush beforehand which worked great.


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Use graphite grease to lubricate as the track location is susceptible to dirt and grime.


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Here's the finished product. Tracks work like new!



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Could you take, or did you, a closer picture of the Drivers Side track closest to the propeller shaft hump. I'm in need of verifying that the tracks I have are correct. Thanks.
 
Be careful with the roller trolleys.
Make note or take pics of how they come out.

On a B body track, they are oriented in a specific way.
I believe A body tracks are the same.
The roller is not centered.
If you put the trolleys in backwards, you will lose about 1.5 inches of forward/backward adjustment.
 
If anyone can confirm, the first photo is of the correct passenger bucket seat inner seat track for an a-body and the second photo is what I believe to be a b-body drivers side seat track. My understanding is the inner bucket seat tracks for an a-body should be a mirror image of each other?

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