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> Seat slider adjustment handles, sources
DanT
post Jun 11 2006, 09:40 PM
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!@#$%, broke my seat slider handle...bloody pot metal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Has anyone seen a source for replacements or aftermarket...

Is anyone that frequents the site making reproductions of these...

Can't find anything but could have sworn I saw something on this awhile back....but of course then I wasn't in the market for one.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Any help out there?
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post Jun 11 2006, 09:47 PM
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Weltmeister makes (crappy) plastic ones. Mine broke after about six weeks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Pelican used to sell replacement seat rails with handles. Not sure if we still do or not. I think one of the BBS members here was going to be making a billet replacement at one point...

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post Jun 11 2006, 09:55 PM
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I have made a few in the past.

I cut them out of 10 ga sheet, bend them a little and plastisol the "handle" portion.

They are not 100% accurate or original, but they do seem to last for a long time.

(I made them after breeaking the plastic replacement ones).

I traced a broken one to make a pattern for mine.

Good luck to you.
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post Jun 11 2006, 10:02 PM
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I can't remember his name but he was making them out of aluminium. I believe

he is the same guy that makes the aluminium tach, speedo and gauge rings out of

aluminum. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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post Jun 12 2006, 06:36 AM
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I am working on making these. No price yet. I will let you know asap.

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post Jun 12 2006, 07:17 AM
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put the rail w/handle from the pass side on the d.s. till you source one. these things only move upwards about 3/8". no need to reef hard on them. forcing them way up doesn't make your hard to slide seat move any better.

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post Jun 12 2006, 07:30 AM
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put the rail w/handle from the pass side on the d.s. till you source one. these things only move upwards about 3/8". no need to reef hard on them. forcing them way up doesn't make your hard to slide seat move any better.

k

My driver's side handle is broken off. On this particular seat rail, one finger is all that's needed to lift the slide release anyway.
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post Jun 12 2006, 07:39 AM
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i'm not scolding anyone, just a generalization. i've seen people pull super hard due to mis-adjusted rails or gummed up tracks, thinking the adj release handle is the prob.

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post Jun 12 2006, 08:18 AM
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The plastic replacement one works fine. You do have to drill the rivets out of the old one to remove it, and then supply your own nuts and bolts to install the plastic one. But I've had a plastic one for many years - it holds up just fine.

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post Jun 12 2006, 10:40 AM
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Remove seats, clean and lube rails. What?
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post Jun 12 2006, 12:40 PM
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I ordered one a few weeks ago from gtautoperformance.com It arrived last week, unfortunately I won't be able to check it out for a while b/c I sent it to my Dad's house in Buffalo.

Price was around $15 or so.
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post Jun 12 2006, 01:30 PM
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I'm in need of a pair of handles as well. Please update us on the billet aluminum replacements.

I want a job shop nearby to make some replacements up, but I would rather buy from a clubber (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jun 12 2006, 01:40 PM
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QUOTE(ptravnic @ Jun 12 2006, 11:40 AM) *

I ordered one a. few weeks ago from gtautoperformance.com .. Price was around $15 or so.


Those appear to be the plastic ones that I broke and Demick had no problems with.

GT would appear to be Greg Treadway. You might want to do a search on his name; you'll see some posts from him as well as from others about him.

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