Seat Track Shims / DIY or Pro-Job?
10-14-2017, 01:13 PM
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Seat Track Shims / DIY or Pro-Job?
My C5 has a little slop in the seats, forward/back slop when driving "spiritedly". My mechanical experience has been limited to changing oil, and air filters as needed. Should I attempt to do the job, or is it money well spent to have a pro do it?
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10-14-2017, 01:33 PM
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The seat back went a shop for worn bolster replacement while I installed the track blocks; a two-fer!
The common-C5 problem those shims address were NOT the problem in my case, so I suggest close and careful examination of the movement. What felt like fwd/back movement was actually a rocking action; i.e., the blocks changed nothing.
10-14-2017, 02:15 PM
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DIY. I used the guidelines posted above and did it on a Sat afternoon when there was no rush to do anything else.
First seat took a while, second seat cut the time in half!
Good bonding time with the Corvette!
First seat took a while, second seat cut the time in half!
Good bonding time with the Corvette!
10-14-2017, 02:18 PM
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It is something you should be able to do. Good luck.
10-15-2017, 02:22 PM
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I replaced the shims, in my C-5, several years ago, and the fore/aft "slack" disappeared, but recently, the seat started "rocking".
10-15-2017, 05:23 PM
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10-16-2017, 08:12 AM
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A thought that has crossed my mind, a few times, is if the sliding/rocking of the seats, is more pronounced in stick shift cars. With an automatic transmission, you press against the gas pedal with a rotating motion, based at the ankle. This also takes very little effort, and any "pressing" that you do, is against the floorboard. Depressing the clutch takes more physical force, number one, and that action is based around the hip, which is, in essence, pressing against the seat.
Just a thought......
Just a thought......