How the hell do you install this???? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Ecartman84 · 08-20-2019, 10:58 PM

I am not having any luck installing this on the passenger side of my 72's bench seat.

Astro-Balls · 08-20-2019, 11:03 PM

Hard to do with the seat in the truck, basically slide the spring over the square seat latch bar, compress the spring, and install the Key into the slot and let the spring capture it.

Ecartman84 · 08-20-2019, 11:54 PM

Yeah, it sounds so simple but it is a pain with the seats in the truck.

**LockDoc** · 08-21-2019, 12:39 AM

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Make sure that the key (square piece) is all the way out when you try to put it together. It is easier with 2 people. Push on the key from the inside of the track while you slide the seat back and forth a little. This will let the key slide all the way to the outside. Hold it in that position while you assemble the spring and keeper. This is next to impossible for one person to do with the seat installed.....

I will include a couple of pictures of the parts with this post. The first picture of the parts assembled is looking at the bottom and the second picture is looking at the top.

LockDoc

**special-K** · 08-21-2019, 07:12 AM

There was a You Tube video on this but the guy threw his camera and broke it before he got through it

jbarron · 08-21-2019, 08:04 AM

Can you zip tie the spring in place and then cut it off after getting it on

dmw319 · 08-21-2019, 08:17 AM

maybe a stupid question, but how does it work? how do you move it in order to slide the seat?

palallin · 08-21-2019, 08:28 AM

You compress the spring (freeing the détentes) using the handle on the other side as a lever.

**LockDoc** · 08-21-2019, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by dmw319

maybe a stupid question, but how does it work? how do you move it in order to slide the seat?

There are pictures in this thread that will give you some idea.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=418802

LockDoc

Ecartman84 · 08-21-2019, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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Make sure that the key (square piece) is all the way out when you try to put it together. It is easier with 2 people. Push on the key from the inside of the track while you slide the seat back and forth a little. This will let the key slide all the way to the outside. Hold it in that position while you assemble the spring and keeper. This is next to impossible for one person to do with the seat installed.....

I will include a couple of pictures of the parts with this post. The first picture of the parts assembled is looking at the bottom and the second picture is looking at the top.

LockDoc

Thank you for the great pictures! It sounds like I am doing it correctly but I think that the issue is I am trying to do it by myself. I will have to ask someone to hold the key in place while I try to install the spring and clip.

Thanks!

**LockDoc** · 08-21-2019, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ecartman84

Thank you for the great pictures! It sounds like I am doing it correctly but I think that the issue is I am trying to do it by myself. I will have to ask someone to hold the key in place while I try to install the spring and clip.

Thanks!

No problem. Let us know how it goes for you.

LockDoc

08-20-2019, 10:58 PM	#1
Ecartman84 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 18	How the hell do you install this???? I am not having any luck installing this on the passenger side of my 72's bench seat.

08-20-2019, 11:03 PM	#2
Astro-Balls Registered User Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 822	Re: How the hell do you install this???? Hard to do with the seat in the truck, basically slide the spring over the square seat latch bar, compress the spring, and install the Key into the slot and let the spring capture it. __________________ 1968 C20 Fleetside 396 4sp PS PB AC CST . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWK8GgWD4uA

08-20-2019, 11:54 PM	#3
Ecartman84 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 18	Re: How the hell do you install this???? Yeah, it sounds so simple but it is a pain with the seats in the truck.

08-21-2019, 12:39 AM	#4
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,312	Re: How the hell do you install this???? - Make sure that the key (square piece) is all the way out when you try to put it together. It is easier with 2 people. Push on the key from the inside of the track while you slide the seat back and forth a little. This will let the key slide all the way to the outside. Hold it in that position while you assemble the spring and keeper. This is next to impossible for one person to do with the seat installed..... I will include a couple of pictures of the parts with this post. The first picture of the parts assembled is looking at the bottom and the second picture is looking at the top. LockDoc Attached Images __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - Last edited by LockDoc; 08-21-2019 at 11:31 AM.

08-21-2019, 07:12 AM	#5
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08-21-2019, 08:04 AM	#6
jbarron Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 167	Re: How the hell do you install this???? Can you zip tie the spring in place and then cut it off after getting it on __________________ '72 3/4 Cheyenne Super 402/TH400 Gear Vendors '72 3/4 Cheyenne Super 350/200R4 '50 1/2 Chevy 3 Window

08-21-2019, 08:17 AM	#7
dmw319 Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 639	Re: How the hell do you install this???? maybe a stupid question, but how does it work? how do you move it in order to slide the seat? __________________ 1970 Chevy C-10 Stepside My build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=528167

08-21-2019, 08:28 AM	#8
palallin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. James, MO Posts: 1,239	Re: How the hell do you install this???? You compress the spring (freeing the détentes) using the handle on the other side as a lever. __________________ '69 Longstep K-10: 327/SM465/T-221/Closed Knuckle Dana44/12-bolt.

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