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On 21 Sep 2006 at 9:13, Steve Jackson wrote: > I was in and under the car last night playing with the seats. The right > seat moves reasonable well now front to rear and back again. A piece of > black plastic material about 3 inches long and maybe 1/2" tall fell out of > the left side of the driver's seat track and the seat moved back about an > inch to the rear of it's travel where it is now stuck (again) and won't move > forward or back. Get the front carpet completely out of the car if you haven't already. You'll have to inspect the stuck rails to see if something might have dropped down there and is wedging it tight. > I suspect this piece of plastic was a guide and perhaps a slide aide for the > seat mechanism. Jim, is this the infamous and rare piece you have cornered > the world's market of? It appears to have been held on by a Phillips head > screw from the front of the seat rail. That's probably part of one of the slides. Almost all of them are broken by now. They don't really need anything to hold them in place once the seat is there, but there are a couple of pins which hold them while the seats are out. One of your pins might have been replaced with a screw by a previous owner. I suspect that most of those slides are broken when people take the seats out and don't support the seat. The seat tilts, bending the rail and breaking the slide. You have to be really careful with these, and you should check every rail with a straightedge before you put any seat back in. If the slides are not in too many pieces, they can be reused even if broken. It's not a perfect solution, but it's better than metal on metal. It also pays to clean the grooves in the seat bases and grease them.before installing. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~