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

[Chris Adams]

Yeah, they do put them in there tight, and the spec is something like 
30-40ft-lbs.

Chris Adams
'99 Miata - #190 Lapdog
'00 Tundra - Daily/Tow Vehicle
"It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can.
Relaxing your brain is fatal."  - Stirling Moss

> They are tightened at the factory by Sumo wrestlers.
>
> The best thing I have found is to put a 14mm socket on a few long 
> extensions
>
> to get up away from the floor and then use a breaker bar to turn the 
> socket
> while your leaning downward on it to hold it in place.  The problem is 
> the
> bolts are tight, they are at an angle and they are hard to get 
> leverage on
> them if your just trying to turn them with a wrench at floor level.
>
>
> Larry
>
> White Knight      1991 Crystal White   #99 CSP
> Silver Bullet        1992 Silverstone     #17 SM2  FM I+ Turbo
> Honey B             1992 Sunburst Yellow #99 SM2L  JR Supercharger
> Whooosh           2004 Titanium Mazdaspeed MX-5
>