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Author Urgent: Removing front seats
Predator Corsa
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Registered: 29th Sep 03
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26th Jan 05 at 10:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

need to collect my seats 2day so i need to remove the passenger seat to get em all to fit. the bolts are the star shape 1's and they wont budge. ive tryed wd40 on em, and been using a socket wrench.

Any idea how to get em off???
RyeSt
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26th Jan 05 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Just keep trying the wd 40 from above and below. Failing that I rammed a 11mm socket over the top and they turned out no probs
Herbsta
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Registered: 7th Dec 04
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26th Jan 05 at 13:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

are you using the star shaped connector to get them out?
Kyle T
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26th Jan 05 at 14:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

If theyre anything like torx screws, you need to tap em' with a hammer first.


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corsaandy
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26th Jan 05 at 14:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

what seats are u getting as i managed to fit a whole set of calibra leather in my car with all the seats in place and withut using the boot as there were subs in there
CRB 553
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26th Jan 05 at 14:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i know wot u mean, had to use a a 1m power bar to remove mine.
Could you not just leave subframe in ?
Predator Corsa
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26th Jan 05 at 16:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

getting cobra clubman seats so dont think i can keep the old frames. Got 1 of the bots out now but the other bolt has grounded out. iv started to drill into that to see if that would work, but now im fucked..... anyideas on how to get this bastard out. i was thinking angle grid the bolt????
blackcorsa20
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Registered: 17th Nov 04
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26th Jan 05 at 16:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

tap the underneath with a hammer to break the underseal thatll be on it then loads of wd40.that should work.
Predator Corsa
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26th Jan 05 at 17:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

got that main bolt out, just need to get the other 1 nearer the gear stick side, which is holding in the sub frame
corsa_lad
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26th Jan 05 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

drill!!
Cossie
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26th Jan 05 at 18:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i did it myself put a hot gun blower on the screws from underneat the car and it gets out

 
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