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Old 10-30-2015, 10:13 PM
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What are these things

Hey guys can u tell me what these are and or what they do. Was,just cleaning seat and noticed them.

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They are extra support for you seat. It looks like yours are disconnected from the seat track tie bar.
Found it in the book. They are called the Damper Assembly.




 
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They are supposed to take some of the bounce out of the seat. First came on 1953 trucks. I don't know how well they work. Mine were broken when I bought my truck but I have two that I got in a junkyard and plan on putting them on when I re-do my seat.
 
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They are a set of mechanical knee dampers. A frictional damper, same function like the ones used on earlier Fords, however smaller, and they looks disconnected
 
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Originally Posted by jimcar-9
They are a set of mechanical knee dampers. A frictional damper, same function like the ones used on earlier Fords, however smaller, and they looks disconnected
Thanks for the info guys. I thought they were a damper but was not sure
 
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