71 Demon Bucket Seat Track Connecting Cable

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Six Barrel Bill

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So I just got the seat tracks for the Demon today and decided to mock them up. How is the wire, that connects the tracks together, supposed to connect? I have it connected to each side of the track but I'm guessing it's supposed to be pulled/connected some where under the seat so when you move the seat adjuster it can pull both.

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This car was originally a bench seat and I'm converting it to buckets. The seats are high back buckets that came out of a '71 Satellite so it may be missing whatever I need for the cable?


Thanks, Bill
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When you figure it out, let me know. Supposed to have a wire that connects in the center and goes to the seat spring. Not sure what the purpose of that it. I just made a connecting wire with some piano wire, worked like a champ.

Hey, you have one of those disappearing build sheets too!
 
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This is a picture of an earlier (68 or 69) seat I found. Should be close to the same as your seat.
 
In my 67, that sheet metal extension piece wasn't used under both seats. If my memory serves, one seat has the eye screw for adjust at front of the frame and other seat has that adjust screw at rear of frame. There were different holes the cross wire attached to for left and right seats also. I forget which setup is left and right. I know all of this is about having the same tracks work under both left and right seats. I don't know how far beyond 1967 it continued. Good luck with it.
 
So can anyone explain what the purpose of this wire is? Why didnt they just use a piece straight across from one track to the other?
 
So can anyone explain what the purpose of this wire is? Why didnt they just use a piece straight across from one track to the other?

The wire connects both right/left side track latches, so that when you pull the latch with the handle, it releases both latches at each rail.

The later bucket seat track design, locks the seat by way of catching only at one rail.
 
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So can anyone explain what the purpose of this wire is? Why didnt they just use a piece straight across from one track to the other?
I could never figure that out either unless they used the same wire for many models of seats. The flat metal takes up the slack. You could do it with another piece of wire.
 
The latching levers rotate on a pin so pulling at a angle rotates it much better than a straight away pull. That and the threaded eye screw for adjustment allowing open tolerances.
I don't recall ever seeing a two separate track assembly that didn't have a latch on both. A free track would allow seat to rotate to some degree in a collision. I wouldn't want my seat to turn me toward the a-pillar post.
Whatever DOT will let them get away with and what safety rating the mfgr wants still applies in todays models.
 
I ran a wire straight across and it worked just fine. Im sure there is a logical reason for it because the factory would not use an extra part or two if it was not needed.
 
I ran a wire straight across and it worked just fine. Im sure there is a logical reason for it because the factory would not use an extra part or two if it was not needed.
Yep, that's what I ended up doing. I installed them in the car and it seems to work just fine.

Interesting though, the dimples in the passenger side floor where I drilled the holes for the buckets worked out perfect (I first measured to make sure they were correct). However, the drivers side was off by at least 1/2" +. The measurement from the door to the outer holes were exactly the same on both sides. The dimples near the trans tunnel were off. So, I went off of the outer holes and measured over for the inner holes. Gotta get the little weld plates in there now.

It worked out but I thought that was interesting as the floors appear to be untouched originals.


Bill
 
I used the dimples on the floor to drill mine too. The dimples were spaced correctly to mount the seats but the driver side seat sits about an inch farther from the console than the passenger side. Its not really noticeable unless you stare at it but things like that bother me. I didnt notice until I put my console in the other day.
Same here, untouched virgin floorpans before I got to it.
 
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