The piece of spring steel with the protruding "ear" on the side had been
displaced upward inside the shaft, so that the ear no longer stuck out of the
hole. However, fixing that problem didn't help, as there are no serrations on
the inside of the socket to hold the shaft at any particular point--the system
relies entirely on friction, which is entirely inadequate.... Still trying to
think of some device I can make that will hold the headrest in place but which
is easily adjustable, as I'm not the only one driving the car. The main
stumbling block is that the top of the seat back is easily compressible
(unlike my Subaru, which had the same problem, so I just made a wooden block
to fit underneath the headrest). Back to the old drawing board-----------
Sarah Carr
'71 MGB/GT in PA
----- Original Message -----
From: tmcnam4510@aol.com
To: scvc70@epix.net
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MGB headrests
Hey Sarah, there should be a piece of spring steel in the end of the
headrest. It has a small tab that protrudes from the side of the shaft.
This tab, in turn, fits into serrations in the shaft "socket" to allow stable
adjustment in height. Hope this helps, Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Carr&Edwards <scvc70@epix.net>
To: MG list <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 11:51 am
Subject: [Mgs] MGB headrests
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the headrests on our '71 MGB
from sliding back down when you rest your head on them? I've gone through
the
archives and have found only posts on how to get the things to move--ours
move
too easily, and will pull completely out if they're yanked upward too hard..
Thanks!
Sarah Carr
MGB/GT in PA
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