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How to break lose front seat adjusters on front seat of 38 four door club sedan
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Bill Jones Jr.
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I have raised up on the seat adjusting lever and it feels like it is releasing. Have lubricated the cog wheels on each side of seat with penetrating oil. Had a friend get in car with me and almost shoved our feet through floor boa4ds and cant get the seat to move. Looks like the seat should move back about 1 inch Any ideas about how to move seat back. It will not move in either direction.

Posted on: 2016/5/15 10:26
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Re: How to break lose front seat adjusters on front seat of 38 four door club sedan
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No idea how similar the track mechanism is to 47 but I had similar issues.

One problem was the ball bearings and respective tracks connecting the two pieces was severely corroded, filled with dirt and trash and almost locked in place. The other issue was a bent tab in the release mechanism. My release handle is probably different as it is a lever. Lifting the lever moves a second piece which then pulls against a spring loaded third piece to pull the actual blocking tab out of the track. A tab on the second piece was bent so the actual blocking was not completely cleared.

Looking at an illustration of a typical prewar seat mechanism from parts manual the operation looks somewhat similar. Pulling the handle looks like it has to lift a piece which appears to rotate and pull the locking portion out of the track. Any chance one end of the intermediate rotating piece could be bent or twisted and not pulling the block completely clear?

Is your seat totally locked on both sides or will the passenger side give a bit in either direction? If totally locked then perhaps it has been fixed in place or is at the end of travel but if drivers side is locked and passenger side gives even a little I would suggest the locking mechanism is the issue. Can you push it forward from the back seat?

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Posted on: 2016/5/15 10:59
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Re: How to break lose front seat adjusters on front seat of 38 four door club sedan
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dallas
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How about removing the front seat cushion and checking the driver side and passenger side seat rails. Just my Packard 2 cents.

Posted on: 2016/5/15 16:08
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Re: How to break lose front seat adjusters on front seat of 38 four door club sedan
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I just rebuilt my seat rails on my '39 four dr. as they were also stuck in place. It required a complete disassembly and cleaning. There are four rollers (two per side) that have needle bearings in them that will need to be taken apart and cleaned/lubed. Once the four rollers are lubed and the track is cleaned and lubed, the seat will slide very easily. There are 15 needle in each roller so be careful while you take it apart. The rollers will only come out by turning the track over and letting them roll out along the top of the upper track. Putting the rollers back in is tedious but with lot's of grease the needles will stay in place.

Posted on: 2016/5/16 22:15
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