Question on S cables for seat recliner

[rdeeble]

Hey Faq can anyone walk me through this... I have 76 with standard seats that I am refurbishing to prepare for re-upholstery.  I'm at the stage of dismantling the seats down to their frames to make mechanical repairs.  I would like to replace all the rusted cables used to recline the seat backs (I call these S cables due to the end piece that looks like an S).  From best I can tell my 76 seats had just two cables: a longer cable that went through the roller, and a short vertical cable that attached from the lever down to the seat latch.

 

Looking up these parts on Realoem has confused me.  There seems to be 4 cables here, two which I recognize (#2 & #4) and two (#8 & #3) that I don't recognize or understand what they are for - unless they relate to a prior year of seats? 

 

On Parts availability:

The longer cable #2 appears to still be available new but I have  yet to find #4 anywhere. Does anyone know of where I can find some?

And just to make matters more mysterious  Rogerstii's parts site features yet another S cable with a "looped end" alongside their listing of the #2 cable.  Does anyone know what that is for (it does not appear in the diagram below)?

 

thanks, robert

 

[Son of Marty]

With real oem the bold numbers fit your year, the faded ones fit other years and don't show up on the written list below the drawing.

[rdeeble]

10 minutes ago, Son of Marty said:

With real oem the bold numbers fit your year, the faded ones fit other years and don't show up on the written list below the drawing.

Bingo! Thanks that makes a ton of sense.