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

[Larry Alster]

There should be no rust involved here since the bolts are threaded into captive nuts that are in the double wall of the floor pan.  They do not go through the car.


The problem with breaker bars from HF is they do what their name implies, break.  I've snapped one trying to loosen the bolts from the diff.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Maury 
  To: miata at realbig.com 
  Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 5:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [Miata] Any secrets as to How to remove seats...


  Harbor Freight sells a 25 inch long 1/2 inch drive breaker bar with a flex head for $15 ($9 on sale).   This worked really well on my seats (and a couple of other places).  One thing to try if they are rusted is to tighten the bolt very slightly to break the "ring of rust" and then loosen them. 

  Bryan Wyatt <bryanewyatt at yahoo.com> wrote: 
    The seat bolts don't go through the floor...

    -Bryan

    "K.C. Murphy" <kcmurphy72 at insightbb.com> wrote:
      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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