Seats slip a bit?

[red and black]

Hi and thanks in advance. I hope two questions in one day are not beyond the "bag limit" ?

Recently bought a very low (6,500 miles), convertible. I was aware of the "seat rock" problem from reading prior posts and did try to check for that when I bought the car however though it doesn't seem to "rock", there does seem to be a bit of slip both fore ad aft in the seat tracks if you apply the brakes and/or accelerate. I also got a comment from my pal in the passenger seat so it's on both sides. I thought from reading a long time ago that there was a plastic spacer associated with the tracks and they shrink and become compressed over time. Is this an expensive fix? With age, my close vision is failing a bit and my ability with a wrench was never my strong suit, even though I was an aircraft mech in the military (now that's a scary thought isn't it?), so I'll have to send it out for repairs.

 

[timfitz63]

It sounds like you've got your facts straight about the cause and the repair path. I don't think the repair is particularly difficult or expensive (although I have yet to do it on my '98 coupe -- it exhibits the same symptoms as your '98), but it looks a bit arduous, as the seats have to come out. In your case, though, you can just put the top down and lift them straight out of the vehicle.

Search the threads on the forum; somewhere among them are links to the repair procedures and to purpose-designed repair kits. Some have even substituted standard metal washers they picked up in a hardware store as spacers. The only parts option that's truly expensive is to use the later 'improved' seat rails, etc., supplied through your local Chevy dealer's parts department... :eek

 

[red and black]

Thanks!

Well thanks, especially for that ray of sunshine on the ease of getting the seats out of a vert!