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11-14-2017, 11:31 PM
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Seat bolt stripped, advice?
Front bucket seat bolt hole is stripped. I tried to chase it with a trap but it's too far gone. Go from 5/16 to 7/16?
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#2
11-14-2017, 11:46 PM
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Happened to me years ago. I run a nut and bolt no sweat. I remove the seat infrequently, so it doesn't really cause problems. Reaching below with one wrench at the same time as wrenching from above is easy.
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#3
11-15-2017, 12:23 AM
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#4
11-15-2017, 12:35 AM
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So you drilled through the floor?
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#5
11-16-2017, 10:20 PM
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You don’t have to drill through the floor, seat belt floor nuts are already open to the exterior
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#6
11-17-2017, 01:43 AM
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You don't need to drill out the stripped hole, but probably easier overall. Use a longer bolt & fit a nut...
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#7
11-17-2017, 09:03 AM
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How about a rivet nut?
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#8
11-20-2017, 10:01 AM
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Quote:
Expensive, but super strong. As a test, I took an aluminum bar, drilled and tapped a hole in it, then did a time-sert with the same internal thread size. I torqued each one until they failed and the time-sert actually took more torque. Pretty impressive. |
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#9
11-22-2017, 05:21 PM
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I think JR is referring to the actual seat track to floor bolt, not seatbelt. Right?
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#10
01-27-2018, 03:28 PM
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Seat track to floor. Rear one. Near the tunnel. Been work on my 2005 gto, so back to this soon.
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