Re: Ken's 1937 120 Touring Sedan

Posted by HH56 On 2018/12/19 22:21:40

Don't know if your seat tracks are similar to the 41-47 Clipper but if there is an inner track the seat frame fastens to separated from the outer track which is bolted to the floor by several ball bearings running in grooves on each side, I found there was a lot of dried grease which had collected dirt and crud. The dirt etc was hard and there was enough accumulation to have gotten wedged so tightly the balls couldn't roll.

The tracks did not separate without grinding off a stop which is there to limit movement and prevent separation in use so rather than chance damaging the tracks tearing them apart I soaked them in solvent and then used small pick tools etc to loosen up all the crud and and then blew out and applied fresh grease. That seemed to solve the movement issue.

A couple of other things you might check if your seat has them. If there is a wire that stretches across to the other side to release a passenger side catch, make sure the wire has not stretched and the release on the passenger side is also working freely. Some seats have a long rod with a small sprocket on each end which meshes with perforations in the tracks to keep the movement synchronized on both sides. If you have that setup make sure the clips which holds the rod to the track at each end has not worn or loosened and allowed one side to slip out of a perforation and let the tracks get cocked or offset side to side causing a bind.