CA WTB: small seat spring that retracts the bench seat adjustment lever

[jocko]

First of all - please look at the pic - I'm not talking about the BIG spring that is actually in the picture - I'm talking about where I have the little red circle drawn with the red line:

- does a spring go here (to hold tension on the seat adjustment lever - seems I recall one, but the seat has been apart awhile and I have to admit I just forgot (although I managed to take this "before" pic before I removed this old cover) - and I don't have the spring if there is supposed to be one there)?
- can someone pls post a pic of how it attaches on both ends?
- does anyone have one for sale?

All the best,
Jocko

[FirstOwner69]

I don't know if you found a spring, but below is a picture borrowed from Classic Bowties of the bottom of a bucket seat that may help. I know the mounting bracket is shorter than on a bench seat, but the design and way the spring attaches may be the same.

[leddzepp]

Both of those springs are the same on bench seats and the 69-72 buckets

[jocko]

Thanks FirstOwner - yep, that small spring on the right side of your pic that attaches to the adjustment lever is what I'm looking for. Thanks for confirming they're the same Scott, I wasn't sure.

[leddzepp]

That smaller spring that retracts the adjustment lever is very thin gauge and breaks easily, which is why they are often missing.

[vweater2001]

So if those springs are normally missing, has anyone found a spring that could work from a parts place? If so what's part number? I'm missing the spring as well and hate that my seat keeps rocking back and forth!!

[jocko]

Mando - you might be able to fix that rocking by adjusting the tension on the long skinny wire/rod the connects the driver's and passenger's side seat release mechanisms (and ensuring that you have the two small mechanism tension springs present on the seat stands themselves (i.e. the small spring just right of top center of the 1st picture in Post #1)). That long wire/rod is usually anchored to the rear bottom of the seat frame in the middle. There should SOME tension on the adjusting lever simply because of the springs in the seat release mechanisms themselves, so my lever returns to the unlatched position, just not with as much firmness as it should. But the seats shouldn't slide even without the spring I'm looking for here. I think you could probably fix your seat rocking problem by increasing the tension on the long skinny rod that runs between the seats and is anchored to the back of the seat frame by maybe clamping down on the little "S" attachment that the long rod slides through, or perhaps using anything that would help it be pulled closer to the seat (I used a small key ring to make mine just right) and, thus, increasing the tension on that long skinny rod. Too much tension and it will allow the seat to slide in the brackets, and too little will maybe result in only one of the seat slider alignment lugs lining up correctly and allowing the seat to slide. Having said that, I still need the little spring missing in the 1st pic - very interested in your question as to whether or not anyone has found a suitable replacement. I've got a pile of light springs, but none "look" like they would have been even close to the factory one in size/dimension.