[Healeys] Seat Runners

[Curtis Arndt]

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On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:19 AM Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Restoring the seat sliders is fairly straightforward.
>
> First, there is no need to grind away a broken 1/4" stud. I simply placed
> the slider in my "Arbor Press" and the spot welds have ALWAYS broken away
> cleanly! See photo.
>
> Attaching the chrome seat slide lever with the two rivets is made much
> simpler by using "Push Pins" versus hammering the end flat.  See photo.
>
> New studs can easily be made using properly sized hex bolts and grinding /
> filing the head into the proper circular shape and thickness.  See photo.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 2:26 PM Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Simon,
>>
>> The tee nuts - 9/16" hex.  The turned down section is 3/8" diameter,
>> 3/8" tall.  1/4-28 internal threads.  5/8" overall length.
>>
>> In the US, Moss Motors price is $3 each.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob Haskell
>> Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
>>
>> On 1/2/21 2:46 PM, simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com wrote:
>> >
>> > First of all, thank you for the responses. All very helpful. Now I
>> > know exactly where I should be. Should be!
>> >
>> > However, some ham-fisted cretin has been in there before me. I find
>> > that the slides are held down to the floor by bolts whose shank size
>> > is 3/8”. They’ve each had two of their flats ground down and they pass
>> > through 3/8” holes in the bottom half of the slides and thence through
>> > the floor to the outside.
>> >
>> > I think that it’ll be too much trouble to replace them but, just in
>> > case, :-
>> >
>> > What is the outside diameter of the so-called tube nut or t-nuts which
>> > should be coming up from below?
>> >
>> > And what size are the bolts which come down from the slides/runners,
>> > through the floor and into the tube nuts? ¼” unf 28tpi at a wild
>> > guess? Or bigger?
>> >
>> > See attached.
>> >
>> > And, finally, is there another name for these “tube nuts” by which
>> > they might be found and bought at a sensible price? From their prices
>> > over here, they seem to be made of platinum.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Simon
>> >
>> >
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