[DeTomaso] Seat Rollers

[SOBill at aol.com]

Will,

I don't have any pictures, but:

Here's what I know about replacing seat rollers:

Remove the  seats.
Flip them over and force each rail to the end of it's   travel.
Pry out the old roller from one end.
Move the rails to the other  end of the travel.
Pry the second old roller out.

Make four new  rollers from aluminum, brass, polyurethane, or nylon  1 inch 
round  stock with a width to suit the rails.
Drill a 3/8 inch hole thru the center  of the side of each  roller.
Get 4 fairly soft compression springs of  approximately 3/8 x 1 1/8  from 
the 
local hardware store.
Put a  spring in each roller center hole.
Compress the springs and insert the  rollers in the  rails.

Reinstall the  seats.

Refinements:

My OEM rails were coated with grease which had  turned to glue  over 30 
years. 
I cleaned off the glue and reassembled  the rails without  grease. I don't 
thing the rails will wear out from  sliding.

You may want to custom fit the diameters of the rollers to  suit  each 
rail. 
The rails are not fabricated with high precision. 1  inch rollers  worked 
OK in 
my rails. You can also adjust the depth of  the area where the rollers roll 
by bending the lips
of the rails. 

The absolute size of the hole in the rollers is not  critical  but the 
spring 
diameter needs to match the hole you drill.  The spring allows the roller 
to roll and slide easily in the track, yet keeps  the roller from  
rattling around. Without the springs, one of the rollers will roll fore and 
 aft
when you start and stop.

Have fun,

SOBill   Taylor
sobill at aol.com  




Have fun  today,

sobill at aol.com  

 
In a message dated 4/1/2011 2:05:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
wdemelo at cogeco.ca writes:

Is there  a weblink with pics showing the “do it yourself” seat roller 
replacement? I  know they’re supposed to be 1” OD with some sort of spring in 
the  middle?
Will
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