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VanguardLH
92 Subaru Legacy AWD sw
I was at the junkyard where they had a 93 Subaru where I took out the
driver seat. There was one bolt that refused to remove from the right
rear of the track. There are 4 bolts all the same size, 2 on each end
of the left and right tracks under the seat. At the rear rightside
track, there are 2 bolts: one is the same size as the others and a
much larger one. The larger one could be removed. The standard sized
bolt wouldn't budge. Actually I got it to unscrew about 2 turns and
then it was tougher than I am strong and wouldn't budge after that. I
had to use a hack saw to cut halfway through the bolt and then use the
socket wrench to torque off the head so I could pop off the track from
the protruding bit of the bolt.
I was thinking the bolt was rusted and why I couldn't get it out.
However, I had exactly the same problem with the same bolt on the
passenger seat. I gave up on the getting the passenger seat out since
I was running out of time before the junkyard closed
(http://www.upullrparts.com). If I go back to get the passenger seat,
and since I know that rear inside bolt for the track on the hump is
frozen, I'll be taking my sawsall with a metal cutting blade. I've
dealt with rusted bolts before but this one acted more like there was
a nut on the other side of the hump that got bound up tight. These
are some pretty damn tough bolts considering I was torquing on them
with good leverage but they wouldn't bust off and why I had to spend a
long time using a hacksaw blade to cut through part of the shaft to
weaken it so I could snap off the head of the bolt.
Next would be to put the salvaged driver seat into my car. I got the
seat from a 93 Subaru and mine is a year older. If it was rust, I
suspect mine could be just as rusted. However, I'm wondering if there
is a nut on the other side that I need to secure with, say, visegrips.
I don't want to snap off the bolt head in my car to put in the new
seat. The larger bolt is probably sufficient to hold the seat in
place but I suspect they used both a standard sized and an oversized
bolt on that particular end of rear of the track since that is the
side where the seat belts fasten (so maybe it is considering the
weaker side of the seat for mounting in case of an accident).
Anyone know if there is something special that I need to do to remove
the rear track bolt (the one on the inside that screws into the hump)?
I didn't care about snapping off the bolt when striping the junked car
but I don't want to do that with my car.
I was at the junkyard where they had a 93 Subaru where I took out the
driver seat. There was one bolt that refused to remove from the right
rear of the track. There are 4 bolts all the same size, 2 on each end
of the left and right tracks under the seat. At the rear rightside
track, there are 2 bolts: one is the same size as the others and a
much larger one. The larger one could be removed. The standard sized
bolt wouldn't budge. Actually I got it to unscrew about 2 turns and
then it was tougher than I am strong and wouldn't budge after that. I
had to use a hack saw to cut halfway through the bolt and then use the
socket wrench to torque off the head so I could pop off the track from
the protruding bit of the bolt.
I was thinking the bolt was rusted and why I couldn't get it out.
However, I had exactly the same problem with the same bolt on the
passenger seat. I gave up on the getting the passenger seat out since
I was running out of time before the junkyard closed
(http://www.upullrparts.com). If I go back to get the passenger seat,
and since I know that rear inside bolt for the track on the hump is
frozen, I'll be taking my sawsall with a metal cutting blade. I've
dealt with rusted bolts before but this one acted more like there was
a nut on the other side of the hump that got bound up tight. These
are some pretty damn tough bolts considering I was torquing on them
with good leverage but they wouldn't bust off and why I had to spend a
long time using a hacksaw blade to cut through part of the shaft to
weaken it so I could snap off the head of the bolt.
Next would be to put the salvaged driver seat into my car. I got the
seat from a 93 Subaru and mine is a year older. If it was rust, I
suspect mine could be just as rusted. However, I'm wondering if there
is a nut on the other side that I need to secure with, say, visegrips.
I don't want to snap off the bolt head in my car to put in the new
seat. The larger bolt is probably sufficient to hold the seat in
place but I suspect they used both a standard sized and an oversized
bolt on that particular end of rear of the track since that is the
side where the seat belts fasten (so maybe it is considering the
weaker side of the seat for mounting in case of an accident).
Anyone know if there is something special that I need to do to remove
the rear track bolt (the one on the inside that screws into the hump)?
I didn't care about snapping off the bolt when striping the junked car
but I don't want to do that with my car.