The white Doug Whalen bushings are intentionally made too thick because the thickness needed for a tight fit varies.
You have to sand down the bushings, made of Delrin, to fit tight in the metal piece with the kebab.
The fit is right when it takes a big rubber hammer to get it in, but it goes.
Note: On 10/30/07 2:08 AM, Steve Myers wrote:
When I put the seat in the car, the motor made an awful slow grinding sound, and the seat wouldn't budge.Since I'm not lucky enough to have a convenient power supply, I had to wrestle to put the seat back in the car about 4 times to see if I had fixed the problem--I'm sore today! The other cause of binding could be the screws not lined up properly on each side. I can say after the four tries, I had those puppies lined up within 0.005"! So I know that wasn't the problem.
I thought about not making the threaded nut fit too tight. I thought a-ha!--if the threaded nut is off center or whatever, then the rod would bind. The stock rubber bits indeed do not squeeze the nut tight side-to-side. I sanded them down a bit more--not loose, just very-firm-finger-push tight--and it worked beautifully.
After and Before Kebabs
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Seat Rocking Shish Kebab
Seat Rocking Fix:
Part 1 Behold the Kebab~~
Part 2 Remove the Seat~~
Part 3 Remove Seat Belt~~
Part 4 Check the Wires~~
Part 5 Free the Shish~~
Part 6 Shish KeBaba~~
Part 7 Disassembled Shish Kebab~~
Part 8 Sanding the Bushings~~
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Part 10 Return of the Shish~~
Part 11 Rebuild the Pontoon~~
Part 11 Rail Motor Video ~~
Part 12 Drop Seat in Car ~~
Part 12 Drop Seat Video- Why this is harder in a Coupł ~~
Part 13 Reconnect Heat and Power~~
Part 14 Replace Belt & Seat~~
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While the Seat is out:
Part 9 Remove the Door Sills~~
Part 9 Remove the Hump~~
Part 9 What's under the Floor~~
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More Fun Toys:
Part 15 Ron Stygar Clutch Stop~~
Part 16 Doug Whalen Shift Knobs~~
Part 17 Fancy Cam Covers~~
Part 18 Beige Dot Leather Sport Seats~~
Part 19 The *only* Beige Dot Leather Console Lid~~
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