Something technical

[John Lloyd]

I've just managed to do someting technical on the car..........I moved the seat forward!!!! Let's hope when I'm at Bigthunder tomorrow the seat doesn't go one way and the car the other when I go into the first bend.

[atom120]

John Lloyd said:

I moved the seat forward

So you can fit spirits bottles behind the seats as well as the casks on the seats ...clever ...the ultimate mobile bar take another step closer to becoming reality!

[John Lloyd]

atom120 said:

So you can fit spirits bottles behind the seats as well as the casks on the seats

I like your thinking.

[Bruce Fielding]

Didn't cross-thread the bolts, did you?

You wouldn't be the first, or the last! If you didn't, well done! I don't know what method you used, but here's how it SHOULD be done... (extracted from the forthcoming AAOC Atom Owner's Manual)

Seat Adjustment

Moving the seat is a bit of a bugger, but can be done in about ten minutes. Its difficulty makes a very good reason to discourage guests from test drives!

The one-piece seat assembly unit for both driver and passenger allows five seating locations and is held in place by four 10mm socket head bolts. As the seat is moved rearward the seating position is progressively reclined, so the seat will require tilting as it is
moved.

Technique for two people:
1. Remove all four bolts and lift the seat forward or rearward as desired until the front anchorage thread is lined up with the desired seat hole on both sides of the vehicle
2. Using your fingers, counter-rotate the bolt to locate the thread and then finger tighten
3. Together tilt the rear of the seat up/down until the seat is the correct angle to line up the rear holes with the rear anchorage thread
4. Using your fingers, counter-rotate the bolt to locate the thread and then finger tighten
5. Use a 10mm socket head tool to tighten all four bolts prior to sitting in the vehicle.

Technique for one person:
1. Remove all four bolts and lift the seat forward or rearward as desired until the front anchorage thread is lined up with the desired seat hole on your side of the vehicle
2. Using your fingers, counter-rotate the bolt to locate the thread and then finger tighten
3. Tilt the seat up/down until the seat is the correct angle to line up the rear hole with the rear anchorage thread on the same side of the vehicle
4. Using your fingers, counter-rotate the bolt to locate the thread and then finger tighten
5. Walk to the other side of the vehicle and lift the seat until the desired holes line up with the anchorage threads
6. Using your fingers, counter-rotate the bolts to locate the threads and then finger tighten
7. Use a 10mm socket head tool to tighten all four bolts prior to sitting in the vehicle.

CAUTION: To avoid cross-threading, first locate the
thread with your fingers

[owi]

I can do a seat move in about three minutes by myself, two if there's someone to help. Practice makes perfect, I guess, with running test drives and all. I find the only difficult seating position to set is the furthest back where my larger fingers don't fit well between the bolt and the GRP.

[owi]

I can do a seat move in about three minutes by myself, two if there's someone to help. Practice makes perfect, I guess, with running test drives and all. I find the only difficult seating position to set is the furthest back where my larger fingers don't fit well between the bolt and the GRP.

[Bruce Fielding]

I should, of course, have credited Andrew with the above instructions!

Three minutes! Strewth - you must have had quite a bit of practise then! Luckily, most of us only ever move it once...