George S Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Novice owner with daft question which hopefully atrracts a simple answer. I want to remove the seats from my 1999 Roadsport (1.8K) (for re trimming by Oxted) and as I haven't looked underneath the thing yet, wondered how easy/difficult this will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted November 22, 2006 Support Team Share Posted November 22, 2006 It's a job for 2 people or one with very long arms 😬. Standard fit is a bolt through the runner and floor with a nut underneath. It's usually possible to wedge a spanner on the bolt and then undo the nut from underneath. It's much easier if one person can get a spanner on the bolt and the other undo the nut, especially for the inner bolts as it's impossible for even an Orangutan to reach both. There are 4 bolts to each seat and you need to slide the seat forward to get at the rears and backwards to get at the fronts. There are lots of tips on making it easier next time - use caphead bolts, weld the bolts to the runners, etc. I've never bothered and I've had the seats out 3 or 4 times - I just call my glamorous assistant 😬 to help. Yellow SL #32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s7mon Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I'm a novice too and recently replaced my seats. I would certainly agree that it is a two man job. One handy tip I can pass on through experience is, take the front bolts out first. This should allow the seat to slide further forward giving you better access to the back bolts. More importantly, when putting the seats back in (after their refurb), put the rear bolts in first and then the fronts. I made the mistake of putting the fronts in first and then couldn't slide the seat far enough forward to get access to the back bolts. This was with tillets, but I would imagine this applies to most other seats. I hope this makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George S Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 Thanks for the tips, long arms could be a problem as I'm 5 foot 6 and my glamorous assistant (wife)is even shorter. I shall look forward to a weekend of grazes, bruises and bad language. A friend is coming over who thinks we are going to play golf, he may be in for a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mav Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Assumng S types, then you could always just remove the 6 small allen bolts that fix the seat to the runners and leave the runners in situ. This makes it lighter too if you have to courier to Oxted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davef Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I'll second Mav's approach - removing the 6 small hex bolts and then the seat is easily a one person job. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George S Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 Thanks mav & dave f, now that I can see how easy the seat squabs come out, taking the allen bolts out looks fairly easy (I bet the last one is seized, it's been that sort of week) and I don't want to remove the runers if I don't need to. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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