Pontiac: 96 sunfire passenger seat slider

Hi Guys,

New to the group here, so go easy on me. *g*

96 Pontiac Sunfire, 2.2L standard transmission, two-door

I'm having some troubles with this sunfire's passenger seat. Basically, the
cable/wire between the left and right sides of the passenger seat
"adjustment assembly" came off the other day while sliding the passenger
seat forward (too much stuff under the seat, I guess).

The cable (It's more like a rigid piece of wire) connects the release on the
left track for the front/back slider to the release on the right track so
that when the adjustment handle under the front of the seat (or on the back,
to drop the back forward and slide the seat) is pulled, both sides of the
track release. Without this cable installed, the seat's forward position
can't be adjusted.

I was able to figure out how to re-install the cable (it has hooks bent onto
each end) but I also found two smallish, tightly coiled springs beneath the
seat when the cable came off. It isn't immediately obvious where these
springs are supposed to go, or what they do. I wouldn't bother asking about
them, except the left release on the rail doesn't always release properly
when the handles are pulled. So I assume the springs do something.

My Haynes repair manual doesn't go into any detail about the seat assembly
at all, so I was wondering if anyone with a similar car knows anything about
these?

Regards,
Sam

Sam Schinke wrote: 

What Harry said.
The springs could be the springs that pull the detent levers back into
the detent when released. They should be about 2" long not including
the straight parts.