Seat runner bolts - quick question.

[Woody]

Took the seats out of the S today as I need to get them out for the body lift etc and also as the covering has come un-glued.

Anyway, noticed that I had to jam a spanner in the rear of the runner to get the bolts out. When I undid the front one's there's another nut underneath the runner inside the footwell which stops the bolts spinning.

This seems like a good idea, is there any reason this isn't done (or shouldn't) be done on the back?

Chris

[spludge]

Mine are like that and I can't think of any reason not to put nuts on the rear, I will when I put them back in.

K

[dougc]

Mine were on the front only. I didn't put the locking nut on the back when the seats went back in as I was worried about the slide angle of the seat and it getting stuck on the carpet as it rolls forward. A good solution is a couple of bolts with hex heads so you don't have to jam a spanner in the back of the runner.

Edited by dougc on Monday 4th June 12:50

[S3Swiss]

mine were front only as well. Tried adding further nuts on rear bolts but it makes it v.difficult to then drop the bolts into the holes (angle of bolts becomes a problem)- in fact so difficult I gave up and reverted to the 'factory setting'!!

[Woody]

S3Swiss said:

mine were front only as well. Tried adding further nuts on rear bolts but it makes it v.difficult to then drop the bolts into the holes (angle of bolts becomes a problem)- in fact so difficult I gave up and reverted to the 'factory setting'!!

Thanks for that - think I might go the 'allen bolt' route for the rear fixings - better than trying to jam a spanner in there!!

I guess stainless bolts is a no no due to the lower tensile strength?

Chris

[steve j]

My seat bolts are now allen key type and are stainless, if anything is going to fail in an accident I think it will be the fibreglass