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BuickGS65
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Bucket seat hinge
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September 22, 2016, 08:36:43 AM »
I haven't checked my manuals, but I thought I'd start here.
On the bucket seat hinge, is they anything this is supposed to be (or recommended to be) installed before the chrome helmet-looking cap is installed? A fiber washer? A metal clip?
I hope my question/description makes sense. Thanks.
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Loren At 65GS
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Re: Bucket seat hinge
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September 22, 2016, 10:10:32 AM »
There is a fiber washer that goes on first, then the backrest, followed by the chrome cap.
Nothing goes between the seat hinge and the helmet looking cap.
Loren
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BuickGS65
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Re: Bucket seat hinge
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September 23, 2016, 11:26:49 PM »
Thanks!
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GrandpaG
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Re: Bucket seat hinge
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March 26, 2020, 03:30:14 PM »
Where can a guy get 4 of the helmet looking caps, new? I ruined mine when reupholstering my seats (getting it apart)
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Mark Ascher
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Re: Bucket seat hinge
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March 26, 2020, 04:07:06 PM »
Just about any reseller has the caps. Ames, Year One, Fusick Olds, they all have em.
64-65 Chevelle, GTO/Lemans, Olds 442/Cutlass, Skylark/Gran Sport, all the same.
Mark
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