[Miata] Any secrets as to How to remove seats...

[Larry Alster]

It's not going to hurt but trust me it's not likely to help.  They aren't 
rusted on they are just excessively tight and the bolt is at an angle which 
makes it hard to get torque on the bolt head with just a wrench at floor 
level.

I've taken a lot of seats out of cars through the years and they are tighter 
brand new from the factory than they are 6 years later with "rust" on the 
bolts.


Larry

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K.C. Murphy" <kcmurphy72 at insightbb.com>
To: <miata at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Miata] Any secrets as to How to remove seats...


> uhhh....
>
> I dunno... I keep reading these "lean into it" posts and I keep seeing
> the bolt head suddenly turning easily, then falling off.
>
> Get underneath the car and with some creative estimating, find where the
> bolts protrude from the floor.  Douse it with PB Blaster, maybe even
> take a brush and try to clean 'em up.
>
> Now as I write this I realized that I never had to take these steps and
> I don't even know if they poke through the floor... but every other car
> I've encountered has....
>
>
>
>
>> Just really lean into it, or get a longer wrench.  They
>> really make them
>> tight.
>>
>> Ken Cloud
>>
>> Richard Martin wrote:
>> > I just recently aquired a 1996 Blue Miata, and ordered some seat
>> > covers...theres not enough room under the seats to get your
>> hand  in...I
>> > think the job would be easier if I could remove the
>> seats...tried to
>> > undo the bolts on the floor and found they would not
>> budge...any ideas???
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