Help - from anyone who has recovered front seats

[worzella]

My new front seat kits are in the mail from World Uph., so I started dismantling my front seats. After removing the back panel and 4 large screws holding the back to the bottom, I also successfully disconnected the cables running from the side levers to the bottom mechanism.

At this point the back was free of the bottom and I started looking at that big mechanism on each side of the back of the bottom seat. These two units are connected under the seat by a large round steel bar.

When I started looking at the seat covering, it became evident that the seat frames were covered first in the factory (mine is a '75 w/ original seats), and *then* the mechanisms were installed on each side. Although there is a C-clip, it looks like the units were inserted onto the rod end, the end was

hammered to secure the unit and then a small spot weld was added.

My question to anyone who has re-covered the front seat bottoms... how can the replacement vinyl be installed? Perhaps it has a slit in the replacement vinyl cover and it is intended to slide *behind* the unit and over the rod? I guess I won't know till they arrive next week.

Thanks for any advice you have.....

Randy

[bstaps]

The WU kits have no slits of any kind. You will have to cut where it is needed. I didn't have any of the problems you are describing. Took it apart replaced cover, cut where it needed it and put it all back together.

[worzella]

If you have a sec.. can you elaborate on "took it apart"? What happens when you remove the circlip shown in the picture.....maybe once this is removed, the mechanism *pulls out* and all is well... I can try that maybe...

Thanks,

Randy

[MikeinNC]

Randy

The part on the end with the lever and slot simple snaps into place So take a large blade screw driver and it will pop off. That lever inserts into a slotted end of the shaft that runs side to side. This ensures that both mechanisms operate simulatneously. Then take the circlip off and you can remove the mechanism

Piece of cake Unless of course a PO has messed with it or damaged it

HTH

[worzella]

Ha.. Ha.. thanks Mike... I love how these statements:

The part on the end with the lever and slot simply snaps into place So take a large blade screw driver and it will pop off.

end up turning into:

The part on the end with the lever and slot was machine inserted 35 years ago and has crusted over with that many years of dirt and rust. So take a large blade screw driver, crow bar, hammer, another screw driver, and beat on it for about a half hour and it will pop off, spraying parts all over your floor. Luckily I took a bunch of pictures so I know how to put the pieces back together.

But i got them off.. appreciate the expertise.

Randy

[SteveJ]

...spraying parts all over your floor.

This is why video should be used instead of stills. You can see WHERE all those parts went off to.

Then again, video in the garage may share more than you want to. What happens in the garage, stays in the garage.