Seat Rubber Bands

[Eric McKinley]

I have today left my front seats in for upholstery.

At the rear of each upper back section of the seats are 9 circular rubber bands which are connected by metal parts.

Over the last 50 years these have become brittle and are failing.

Does anyone know which vendor sells these, if any, and the correct name for them.

Many Thanks.

[David Jones]

Standard Viton "O" rings. Any industrial supplier will sell them.

[Doug McDonnell]

2" x 1/4" size maybe 50mm X 6mm give or take ( 2" X 1/4" has been mentioned in old posts)

[Douglas Madsen]

Eric,
I found mine at the local Ace Hardware.
Doug

[Doug McDonnell]

Poor Eric We probably drive him nuts dropping down to our local Ace Hardwware when he lives a few kilometers from here: http://www.irishlandmark.com/property/c ... gh-castle/

[Douglas Madsen]

Yes, If his local hardware store did not have them, He could use Hardware Ireland ( mail order ) from Dublin.

[Gary Koehler]

[quote="EricMcKinley"
'At the rear of each upper back section of the seats are 9 circular rubber bands which are connected by metal parts.'

Can someone describe these parts further, where they go and and for what model years? I don't see them on any parts breakdown that I have. Many thanks

[Doug McDonnell]

They have metal hooks attached and stretch to side of setback frame suspending padding I think. Hoping a friend who recovered his own seats will add a picture if he has one. His was a 59 Cab and they are used through C at least.

[Gary Koehler]

Thanks Doug,

I don't have any of these on my seats, so will have to hunt around for the rubbers and the hooks also

[Doug McDonnell]

Maybe Eric will have a picture of them. Middle of night where he lives.

[Doug McDonnell]

download/file.php?id=19910&mode=view Found a picture for you

[Gary Koehler]

Doug,

One picture explains it all..

[Eric McKinley]

Thanks for posting the picture Doug,

I was going to get one for Gary on Monday at the upholstery shop.

Yes, I live in the middle of nowhere, it's a bit of a hike to a hardware shop.

Amazon sells rubber hoops, as David mentions, I just put into google Briton O rings and the size Doug mentioned, and up they popped.

[Doug McDonnell]

Glad I could save you trip to the trimmer. I thought your seats looked pretty good. New skins?

[Eric McKinley]

The rear are all retrimmed Doug.

The fronts were in very bad condition, the trimmer is making the covers from scratch in the same material, antique burgundy like the rear, as in the picture.