seat tracks
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 918
Likes: 5
From: Gainesville FL
Wogs,
I had to do this job myself a few weeks ago ('76). An earlier post had said that the tracks were held together by stamped indentations and that they couldn't easily be taken apart. When I looked at mine, I saw what he meant, and I didn't try to get the tracks completely apart. Mine were really rusted, so I gave them a good shot of PB Blaster, then a bit of persuasion (hammer). After they started freeing up, I shot white lithium grease down the channels from both ends and kept working them back and forth. That did the trick for mine.
I had to do this job myself a few weeks ago ('76). An earlier post had said that the tracks were held together by stamped indentations and that they couldn't easily be taken apart. When I looked at mine, I saw what he meant, and I didn't try to get the tracks completely apart. Mine were really rusted, so I gave them a good shot of PB Blaster, then a bit of persuasion (hammer). After they started freeing up, I shot white lithium grease down the channels from both ends and kept working them back and forth. That did the trick for mine.
Racer
Joined: Dec 1999
Posts: 425
Likes: 1
From: South Elgin, IL, USA
Do a forum search on white vinigar and seat tracks. Someone degreased them and soaked them in white vinigar to derust them. I just soaked mine in degreaser, wire brushed any rust, painted them and lubed the tracks with spray white lithium grease.
Greg
Greg
Race Director
Joined: Feb 1999
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 34
From: Lenoir City Tennessee
Ci 6, 8 & 10 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
I used brake cleaner on mine to remove all of the dried and hardened grease. Worked them back and forth to loosen all of the old crud while spraying brake cleaner. This made them work much better. Then I lubed them with some white litium after painting the tracks. Much better. I could actually work the tracks by hand when done.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,731
Likes: 22
From: Marietta Ga.
Here's one past thread
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ht=seat+tracks
here's another
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...hlight=vinigar
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ht=seat+tracks
here's another
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...hlight=vinigar
Last edited by 72GACRZR; Jan 13, 2005 at 05:09 PM.
