[DeTomaso] Seat Slide Wheels Fix

[David G Tucker]

I fixed mine in 2003. I went to Lowe's. In the hardware section, in the
specialty drawers where they have the stainless bolts and such, toward the
right end where the special fittings are you will find white nylon/neoprene
or whatever 1" round thingies. They have several sizes. I brought 1 old
roller in with me to compare sizes. Bought 8 of the 1" ones and went home.
Took apart the rails, removed the old flat rubber installed the new. I've
put about 100,000 miles on the car sense then and have never had an issue.
Probably cost about $10-15. Done.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of J. Sean Keane
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 11:21 PM
To: Pantera List
Subject: [DeTomaso] Seat Slide Wheels

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?

Regards,

J. Sean Keane
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