Does anyone have one of these laying around? It is the little cable spring that goes between the two seat rails. I can't adjust the seat without it and the part went missing during my restoration. Failing that can I just make one? Anyone have dimensions? Anyone DIY it?
Front bucket seat adjustment spring cable 75 fj40. Have one? Make one?
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It's not a spring.
It's a piece of steel wire, with bends on the end that are kept closed with a keeper spring. I lost one of the keepers, so I used a washer instead.
The lever arm unlocks the driver side rail lock, and the wire disengages the passenger side rail lock. No advanced technology involved.
It's a piece of steel wire, with bends on the end that are kept closed with a keeper spring. I lost one of the keepers, so I used a washer instead.
The lever arm unlocks the driver side rail lock, and the wire disengages the passenger side rail lock. No advanced technology involved.
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im pretty sure mine is made from some 0.30 mig wire.
I think you dropped a zero. 0.030" is a common dimension for flux core MIG wire.
its also a common size for er70...flux core is brittle and cant be bent.
so i looked and i have the oe wire hanging on the wall and mig wire in place.....irrc the oe wire needs installed before the brackets are fastened to the seat frame, and i missed that and decided it wasn't worth the effort to disassemble just for a wire that would be used once, maybe twice a year at best...that was 8 years ago now....should it fail anytime soon, ill replace it with some 0.035 er308.
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