kdml Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 The seat bumpers on my 65 were all broken. Does the seat require 2 or 4. Mine had 2 plastic bumpers on the top half of the seat and flat washers on the bottom half (see pic). Is this correct or should I have 4 plastic bumpers (top and bottom). Also, anyone have a source for a new limiting strap? I only have one. ThanksDoug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Two per seat; plastic on the top, metal washer on the bottom. I've never seen Riviera seats with a limiting strap. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdml Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thanks EdThe body manual calls the limiting strap a "seat back stop cable". Not sure what function it playedDoug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thanks EdThe body manual calls the limiting strap a "seat back stop cable". Not sure what function it playedDoug My 55,000 mile survivor had one cable on the passenger seat outboard hinge when I got it and none on the driver's seat.To me the cable was hideous looking so I removed mine. I suspect the previous owner may have removed the one on the driver's seatif it had one on that side. The one on the passenger seat on my car was starting to come apart(the plastic coating on the outside of the cable was peeling off and cracked. The purpose of the cables was to keep the seat from tilting forward enough that the metal trim on the sideof the seat back could hit the console and gouge the paint. On my car if you tilt the driver's seat too far forward, the metal trim on the sideof the seat back digs into the paint on the console. For some reason, on my car, the passenger seat when tilted forward all the way onlycontacts the console with the upholstery, not the metal side trim, so the cable wasn't needed on that side. For that reason I removed it. WhatI've been doing is whenever I need to go into the back seat area for cleaning, I go in from the passenger side so I don't have to worry aboutscratching the console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) The seat bumpers on my 65 were all broken. Does the seat require 2 or 4. Mine had 2 plastic bumpers on the top half of the seat and flat washers on the bottom half (see pic). Is this correct or should I have 4 plastic bumpers (top and bottom). Also, anyone have a source for a new limiting strap? I only have one. ThanksDoug[ATTACH=CONFIG]287352[/ATTACH] Doug, I did some looking online and a company called Lexco Cable can make you some cables pretty much identical to theoriginals for your seats.....vinyl coated cables with eyelets made to the proper length. Check out their website. One thing that makes the original cables ugly is that the plastic sheath on them is white. Lexco can make you some with a black sheath which is much less noticeable when you look at the seat. I see from your picture that the white plastic sheath is gone off of your cable in the picture. The cableon my car was well on it's way to looking like yours at only 55,000 miles. Edited December 22, 2014 by Seafoam65 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Curran Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Two per seat; plastic on the top, metal washer on the bottom. I've never seen Riviera seats with a limiting strap. EdMy 64 had the strap but the plastic coating was all frayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Good to hear from you, Pat. Glad you joined the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 My 64 had the strap but the plastic coating was all frayed. Pat, did you have the strap on both seats or just the passenger seat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slosteve Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 My 55,000 mile survivor had one cable on the passenger seat outboard hinge when I got it and none on the driver's seat..That's the way mine is setup also. And, of course, the plastic coating is practically gone and horrid looking.Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kaber Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Pat, did you have the strap on both seats or just the passenger seat?Just did the seats in my son's 63. One strap on the Passenger seat.Kaber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Curran Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Pat, did you have the strap on both seats or just the passenger seat?It was just the passenger seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Curran Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Good to hear from you, Pat. Glad you joined the forum.Good to hear from you Dave! I have been playing around with Riviera's now for 42 years so maybe I can offer something to the group and continue to learn more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) It was just the passenger seat. Looks like there is a consensus that only one is needed Edited December 23, 2014 by Seafoam65 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seafoam65 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) It was just the passenger seat. I think the reasoning behind putting the strap just on the passenger side was that there would always be a driver on that side who could hold the seat from going too far forward when someone in the back was getting out, while they couldn't control what someone was doing on the other side of the car. The funny thing is I don't ever recallthere being a strap on my Dad's 65 Riviera passenger seat but I assume it must have been there and I just never noticed it. One reason may have been that the color of the cable wasn't too far off from the saddle color of the seat making it less noticeable than it was on the dark green interior of my car. Edited December 23, 2014 by Seafoam65 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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