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Re: Seat Adjusters/Rails

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Subject: Re: Seat Adjusters/Rails
From: Thomas Howard <thoward@sdcoe.k12.ca.us>
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 19:16:30 -0800
References: <19980210015025269.AAA121@Fatman>
>
>I'm not too sure about earlier cars, but most Mk.IV and 1500 Spitfires 
>had a washer or two under each seat rail bolt. This would help raise them 
>up just a bit, rather than them tightening down too much over the carpet 
>and possibly bending just that wee bit (which might be causing the 
>binding you're experiencing). It's a thought....
>

My '72 GT6 has washers under each corner of the seat rails.   Thick ones
that seem to be just what Andy indicates.  Raise up the seat about 1/8"
above the carpet.  These washers are almost certainly stock on my car.



Thomas Howard
1972 Triumph GT6,
(& a good bit of USA iron)


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