This is essentially what I have done, except I hammered the dimples
flat until the rollers would come out. the rollers and o-rings on the
1st seat look fine and will be reused.
Berger Bob
78 Spitfire
St. Louis, MO
On Feb 25, 2009, at 3:31 PM, joe@ados.net wrote:
> On my '73, I was repairing some minor rust in the floors last winter
> and decided to take on that
> task while I was at it. There is a little dimple in the metal rails
> that keeps them from sliding
> apart completely. I just took a dremel tool and ground down the
> dimple until the two tracks would
> slide apart. There are a couple little rollers in there with what
> looks like o-rings on them. I
> cleaned them well with a wire brush and reassembled them with a
> liberal coating of grease. They
> move much better than they ever did before.
>
> I do recall however that simply moving the almost completely seized
> up tracks required liberal use
> a large hammer and some well placed wood blocks. Be careful if you
> need to do that not to bend the
> tracks or they won't move well when you're done.
>
> Joe Frakes
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