[DeTomaso] Seat Slide Wheels

[Will Demelo]

The rollers are not very expensive from the vendors. They are expensive if 
you  have access to a lathe and bar stock, but not to lay people like me.
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <jskeane6 at gmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Seat Slide Wheels


>
> In a message dated 12/11/10 20 21 39, jskeane6 at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> I finally got tired of the crummy slide action in my seats, and started
>> taking thing apart to figure out what was wrong. The cause wasn't too
>> hard to figure out: the rubber wheels that I assume were round at some
>> point in the past now have two flats and don't roll very well any more.
>> What have others done to replace them? It doesn't look like it would be
>> very difficult to cut some round stock into appropriate replacements.
>> What material should I use? I'm considering brass, nylon, and acetal
>> (a.k.a. Delrin). Does 1" diameter stock work?
>>
>>
>
> JSK,
>
> Fortunately you don't have to 'reinvent the wheel' so to speak.   This has
> been a well-known Pantera problem for about 25 years, and the vendors all
> offer simple solutions.
>
> Some sell replacement wheels made out of Delrin, others out of brass.
> SOBill reported that his brass replacements rattled and 'clicked' 
> annoyingly,
> so he inserted a simple spring through the center of each one.
>
> Pick your favorite vendor, and your favorite material, and order away. :>)
>
> Mike
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