[scott70]

So I noticed 1 of the rubbers was missing on each of my bucket seats. Ordered a 4 pack. The ones sent are almost twice as thick and you can see mine have a 2 where the replacements have a 3 ,,, not sure of the significance of that. Do you have the thinner ones?

[scott70]

With the thicker stops if I let seat back normally it won’t latch and if i push the seat back to latch it won’t unlatch by the button unless I push back on the seat again.

[indymanjoe]

myself I would cut it down with a bandsaw and be done with it.

[AMES-TECH]

Originally Posted by scott70

So I noticed 1 of the rubbers was missing on each of my bucket seats. Ordered a 4 pack. The ones sent are almost twice as thick and you can see mine have a 2 where the replacements have a 3 ,,, not sure of the significance of that. Do you have the thinner ones?

scott70, I apologize for the trouble you're having! The measurement we have on file for these bumpers would be 1.45" x .85" x .51". Please compare and let me know.

Thanks!
Kyler @ Ames

(800)421-2637
[email protected]

[Scott Thelander]

I have pulled all different thickness off of 69-72 seats,
some
even had stacks of oval washers under them
I have a dozen of em I have raided off of core seats

what thickness do you think you need

I feel depending on the assembly of the seat it requires different stops to
or for the seat back to be positioned correctly

I have a pair of buckets right now original covers,,, only 3 bumpers.. pass side
only has one ,,, no witness marks of bumper ever there no less a screw hole

Scott
2o6-4six5-91six5

[Goatracer1]

The thin ones look like the ones on my 1964 GP bucket seats.

[scott70]

Maybe during factory assembly there was a few different thickness bumpers and they used whatever worked best for the particular car. IDK. Like I said with the thicker ones installed I now have to push “back on the seat to get it to latch and unlatch which I’m sure was not the way it would have left the factory. I will take a mic and measure the thickness of my original ones. If the replacements are .51 I’d say my originals are 5/16 to 3/8”. In the pic you can see what I noticed the other day,, the rubber had fallen off one leaving just the metal backer. It was like that on both seats.

[scott70]

Originally Posted by AMES-TECH

scott70, I apologize for the trouble you're having! The measurement we have on file for these bumpers would be 1.45" x .85" x .51". Please compare and let me know.

Thanks!
Kyler @ Ames

(800)421-2637
[email protected]

Basically the length and width are the same but my original thickness is like. 34-.35 compared to the thicker ones which are .500-.510. The inline tube ones are also the thicker ones. I guess no one sells the thinner ones.

[scott70]

I ended up cutting these down to .440 -.450 so it latches and unlatches with minimal play in the seat.

[AMES-TECH]

Originally Posted by scott70

I ended up cutting these down to .440 -.450 so it latches and unlatches with minimal play in the seat.

Thank you for continuing with the thread and keeping us updated! I will make sure to note the differences we've seen here for any future questions.

Thanks!
Kyler @ Ames

[Goatracer1]

Compare the size of the earlier ones. They may be the correct thickness.

['ol Pinion head]

careful bumping of bench mounted belt sander out to do the trick to take a little thickness off.

[OG68]

I used the Ames bumpers on my 68 and had no problem with the seat back latch.
But my buckets used only one bumper per seat, mounted to the inside. I don't know if if that was another Fremont oddity or was it common for 68?

[scott70]

Originally Posted by 'ol Pinion head

careful bumping of bench mounted belt sander out to do the trick to take a little thickness off.

I used my standup table belt/ disc sander. The rubber is somewhat soft so it didn’t take much to remove material. I practiced on one of the inline tubes one and took off too much. Had to sneak up on it. For the fine tuning I didn’t run the machine and just rubbed it across the belt.If the seat is a little too upright I can always remove more material but it’s hard to put it back on.

[Held for Ransom]

All 3 of my '70 bucket seat sets have .50" +/- 0.02" heights. Have a molded 3 and BI-199, maybe more. I read there are repro. ones measuring 7/16" (Maybe search 7712536).

[scott70]

Originally Posted by Held for Ransom

All 3 of my '70 bucket seat sets have .50" +/- 0.02" heights. Have a molded 3 and BI-199, maybe more. I read there are repro. ones measuring 7/16" (Maybe search 7712536).

Maybe theres some variables during assembly and they put in what works. Like was said the .50 is a little too thick for my seats to work correctly so maybe they threw in the next thinner ones (#2) . But it sounds like the majority might of been the .50 pads. Learn something new.