When I did mine I heated the diaphragm carefully, placed the hooks on one side
into the set frame and than placed a piece of strong wire in the other hooks
and with a visegrip pulled the hooks into the seat frame....cut the wire after
and it worked great.
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Steve Sage <fastsage@cox.net>
> I got a new rubber seat bottom diaphragm from Sunbeam Specialties as the
> metal clips had ripped through the tabs on one side on the old one (if
> that makes sense). It gave me a sagging feeling sitting in the car, like
> I was leaning to the left, even though I'm a Republican.
>
> Getting the old diaphragm out will be easy...just cutting it with an
> exacto knife, but how do I get the new one back on? There is not a lot
> of stretch to that rubber material and I don't want to risk ripping it
> during the re-installation, plus, what could I use to apply leverage to
> stretch it?
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
>
> Steve Sage
> 1966 MK1A
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