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Gen 1 front seat pivot shafts


BulldogDriver

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Ok so I am getting ready to recover the 63 seats with Clarks covers and discovered that mine were not original to the car. The pivot shafts  for the bottom and back frames had a mismatched of parts and rather then describe what I found, could someone tell me the correct parts that are used on the pivot shafts? I do have new caps for the ends.

 

Ray

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4 hours ago, BulldogDriver said:

Ok so I am getting ready to recover the 63 seats with Clarks covers and discovered that mine were not original to the car. The pivot shafts  for the bottom and back frames had a mismatched of parts and rather then describe what I found, could someone tell me the correct parts that are used on the pivot shafts? I do have new caps for the ends.

 

Ray

 

Ray,

 

Here are pictures of the 2 pivot shafts. The first picture is of the inboard pivot and the second is the outboard pivot. Both pivots have a plastic or fiberboard washer. The outboard pivots have the chrome cap retainer and the inboard can have one of 3 different styles of retainers. I opted for the "E" retainer as I think it is easier to get on and off. 

 

Bill

 

 

 

 

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My car was missing all of the washers and the inboard retainers. I used plastic washers found at a local big box building center upon the suggestion of a forum member. They work well and are durable. Any originals that I have found or seen were black fiberboard. These can be found on e-bay or through any number of the GM classic car parts vendors. The "E" retainers I also found at the building center.

 

Fortunately, that is a reflection on the stainless and not copper.

 

Bill

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7 hours ago, BulldogDriver said:

Thanks Bill

 

Ray,

 

Here are pictures of the things I used. The first is a picture of the different retainers that were used. You will have to drill out the hole on the washer bigger to fit.

 

Bill

 

 

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