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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:44:18 PST From: mojavegnospamveg.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com (Everett M. Greene) Subject: Re: Rear seatback hinge
"Richard" <rootnospamlhost> writes: > "Everett M. Greene" <mojavegnospamveg.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com> schreef > > "Richard" <rootnospamlhost> writes: > >> "Everett M. Greene" <mojavegnospamveg.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com> schreef > >> > "kingdoodlesquat" <neggerscheggersnospamtseacatspam.com> writes: > >> >> "Everett M. Greene" <mojavegnospamsp.com> wrote > >> >> > I managed to bend the hinge pivot on the seat back > >> >> > of a `85 4-door. [We don't discuss how this happened.] > >> >> > There's a somewhat thick sheet metal strip along the > >> >> > bottom of the seatback that holds the pivot and this > >> >> > strip is bent quite a ways. In trying to straighten > >> >> > the piece without having to dismantle everything, I'm > >> >> > finding the metal to be quite resistant to being bent > >> >> > back into position. Any thoughts? > >> >> > >> >> You could try placing a piece of wood across the bent > >> >> part of the hinge & hammering the wood to try & get it > >> >> back into shape if you have enough room. > >> > > >> > I have the seatback out of the car so room isn't a > >> > problem. I've tried hammering and it just laughs at > >> > me. Very good steel... > >> > >> maybe try the exact same method you used when bending > >> it in the first place? ;-) > >> At least that method worked ... *grin* > > > > I tried that, too. No go. > > > > It's the old problem of having a flat metal piece > > secured against another object. You can bend the > > metal away from the object but you can't bend it > > back and get it back to where it started. > > *nods knowingly* ... too bad. :( > Maybe a long bar attached to the thing one way or another? > Heating it up to glowing red will make is bendable, but > you probably lose some strength in the metal in the process. I've already lost strength! Heating it will probably not do good things for the upholstery and the wood backing.
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