[DeTomaso] Seat rails

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

They DO come apart. There are 2 rubber coated 'rollers' in each rail-set 
that normally flat-spot, and then don't slide well. Sometimes, owners try to 
grease the rails and grease attracts dirt, then the whole mess turns into 
sticky mud. Several fixes; one is to duplicate the rubber/steel stock rollers 
in hard plastic of some kind. A few have done this with brass or ss- 
something that doesn't rust. I think a few vendors will sell you their seat rollers. 
Some loose-fitting rollers rattle in the unused seat; SOBill built his 
rollers with spring-loading to the sides so the unused seat doesn't rattle.
Second possibility: if ther floor pan below the seats is warped or bent, 
the seat rails will be twisted. Bent rails don't slide easily. Fix is to 
eyeball-straighten the floor pan with a hammer, disconnect the rails from the 
seat and bolt them to the floor as you work the pan flat. Tedious, but it 
works. Same thing happens when one or more rail spacers are left off and rails 
are tightened down agaoinst the carpeting.   Good luck- J Deryke