Greasing the seat rails(?)

[fiasco]

I've got the seats out for some clean up, and I spent some time cleaning up the rails as well. Would you guys recommend putting some white grease, or something similar in the rails to keep them nice and slidey, or will that just create a big dust magnet that will eventually make them less slidey?

-- se

[Curly]

Get a stick of 'Dry Lube' and wipe it over the contact surfaces. It doesn't attract the dust as badly as grease.

[fiasco]

Gotcha. Is that gonna be something like graphite powder?

-- se

[wikkid]

No, dry lubes are some sort of polymer based, dry slippery coating - used in dusty, dirty applications. A common one is for bicycle chains, so google or ask at a bike shop.
None of that stuff existed when the cars were made, so the owner's manual just spec's "GrassoFiat" grease.

I wonder what is used in modern cars - seems my pickup's rails are kind of greasy, not dry,, when I dive down there to find something that slipped down between the seats.... It's probably just cheaper for car makers to slap grease on there, and leave it to long-term owners to fend for themselves when the seats don't slide as well any more.

[halg]

I have always had trouble with the rollers getting stuck together when I have used grease. When they get stuck it is almost impossible to move the seat.
Hal