70RR bucket seat track question.

• Apr 16, 2025

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Bought these new tracks for my 70 RR bucket seats.
The wire going between the rail latches is so long it doesn’t release the inner rail latch. Seems like I’m missing a tensioner or something to take up the slack. Can’t find it in my FSM.
Any help is appreciated.

 

• Apr 16, 2025

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You are correct. There’s a small “weak looking” piece of metal folded over itself you’re missing. It “kinda sorta” looks like the seat tag seen in your picture. The release wire goes inside the “fold” of the missing piece. The two ends of that piece have holes and loop over a “curly Q” piece of seat frame that on the front edge of the seat frame, underneath, dead center

 

• Apr 16, 2025

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Thank you

 

• Apr 16, 2025

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Pic of ‘70 Charger seat

 

• Apr 16, 2025

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OKDart said:

Pic of ‘70 Charger seat

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That’s it Bingo

 

• Apr 16, 2025

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Here's the pic of a 68 bucket seat showing the same mechanism.

 

• Apr 16, 2025

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70Hemi-RR said:

Bought these new tracks for my 70 RR bucket seats.
The wire going between the rail latches is so long it doesn’t release the inner rail latch. Seems like I’m missing a tensioner or something to take up the slack. Can’t find it in my FSM.
Any help is appreciated.

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One side, driver’s I believe, has the short one. Right side you’ll need the longer one. I just did mine

 

• Apr 16, 2025

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Thanks for the help everyone. I found some online and got them headed my direction.