Seat Rollers

I'm not sure of others' experience, but my car had Hall Pantera wonder wheel seat rails installed by the previous owner. Granted I've only put 1200mi on the car and not moved the seat too much, but when I have, it's moved smoothly.

However, $250 (exchange) to move to the new rails and wheels (or $70 just for 8 wheels) seems like a lot of money ... There's a thread that talks about Wonder Wheels, as well as some DIY wheels (dimensions included), and I think one other vendor's offering folks have tried ... http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/...470047075#3470047075

One thought, if your passenger seat still rolls smoothly, is it possible to move the wheels to the driver side?

Good luck!

Thanks for the idea, but,the passenger seat is worse than the driver side.

In my black 5S I put in some rails when I got the car and used the hard nylon rollers from Byars. They work pretty good, but I think I would really prefer some type of harder rubber that has a little give to it. We all know those seat rails are not perfect flat, and so if you drive agressive you can rock a little back and forth/up and down since the hard rollers don't give any pressure/cushion. If hard rubber was in the rails I think it would give a little more support when the rails are not exact.

I was hoping to hear from someone using the “Delrin” (?) type rubber replacements.

In the link I included above, if you click back to the first page, Adams Hudson mentions using Deltrin wheels and being happy with them. Maybe PM him to see if his experience has changed over the last year.
Cheers!

FWIW, delrin is a proprietary formulation of generic nylon that can also be had glass-filled for even more strength. Any material thats hard enough to resist denting under your weight and is preferably self-lubricating (brass, etc) also works- I've seen rollers of steel, brass, aluminum and plastics of all sorts.
And they're not rocket science to make in your garage with a hacksaw and file; most material comes in lengths of bar-stock, so whats necessary is to choose a material, buy a stick and cut it to size. If you're the sensitive type with quiet exhausts, drill a hole thru each roller and put an Ace Hardware coil spring inside to emininate any rattling (an SOBill mod). In contrast, other seats- Ferrari for instance- use flat poly sliders that are much more stick-prone, need frequent cleaning & greasing, and are much harder to duplicate when the sliders wear out.

Bringing up an old thread, but I have a question. I an wondering if any grease is used when reassembling the seat rails with new rollers. From reading between the lines it seams that grease is not used, but it does not seem to e explicitly stated. I have diassembled and cleaned mine of old hard grease and am ready to reasemble with new rollers.

Cheers, Tim.

I don't think it's necessary. I replaced mine over five years ago without grease. Here's a picture of one of the original rollers.

I have Bob Byers delrin seat rollers. No grease. Fit great and my seats move. I spent some time cleaning and re-shaping my rather beat up seat tracks. Easy.

Many thanks for the replies, I'll reassemble without grease,
Cheers, Tim.

Good call by Bdkitty and others. Once you have round rollers in there again, make very sure the tracks fit flat on the floor and the floor is not twisted. If the floor is bent or one of the carpet spcers is out of place (front & back are different thicknesses), the tracks will twist and bend when tightened down. Then, even brand new seats will be difficult to adjust.