How to remove these pins on VN front seats

[vsspack]

Looking at getting some better seats for the daily exec and was wondering how you remove these to get the seats out?



Cheers

[crazyspoon05]

Four Allen key bolts hold the seat rails in (two at the fronts of the rails and two near the back)

Slide the seat all the way forward and you'll see the two rear ones

They may be a little stiff to get out

[savage1987]

DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE THOSE PINS!

Right up from those pins, where the rail goes under the carpet, you will find an allen head bolt. Look for the other 3 and undo them all. They should be damn tight if they were put in properly (loctite)

[vsspack]

Thanks Savage,
yeah i was under the impression its 4 allen keys but when i saw them i had a bit of a "lul wut?" Moment haha

So the 4th bolt is under the carpet towards the dash?

Will take a big allen key and a extesnion bar to crack them with then
Cheers guys
saved me buggering round for hours haha

[wildss]

goo dluck cos sometimes the cage nut underneath brakes and youre ****ed..
cant get to it from the bottom as its boxed in the floor which means cutting the floor lol

[vsspack]

Haha alright, well any tips to prevent destroying the cage nut?

[Chirpstr]

Soak in crc over night and blow them all out beforehand. When you've done a couple of turns get some more crc in so it can penitrate better. Just do it slowly and you'll be fine.

[savage1987]

6mm allen key btw

[v6lux]

Another trick with bastard bolts and screws, when you have advance warning, is to always do the opposite of what you want at the start. Try to tighten the things a fraction to crack the seal. At least you might then be starting with a bit of movement and a bit of clean thread. Then as long as you have resistance in the unscrew direction, you keep clearing the thread after every half a turn by going back the other way a fraction before the next half a turn to unscrew further.

It might help if you can get a good quality tool to start with, but ripping loose the captive nut is still a possibility

[vsspack]

thats a great idea, ill be as prepared as possible cause im going to the wreakers this weekend when im in adelaide so thanks all for the heads up, will try to get to supercheap and grab one of those socket allen key tools as shown above

[crazyspoon05]

Another trick with bastard bolts and screws, when you have advance warning, is to always do the opposite of what you want at the start. Try to tighten the things a fraction to crack the seal. At least you might then be starting with a bit of movement and a bit of clean thread. Then as long as you have resistance in the unscrew direction, you keep clearing the thread after every half a turn by going back the other way a fraction before the next half a turn to unscrew further.

It might help if you can get a good quality tool to start with, but ripping loose the captive nut is still a possibility

I got a set of those and certainly made removal of the old front seats a hell of a lot easier

[wildss]

Another trick with bastard bolts and screws, when you have advance warning, is to always do the opposite of what you want at the start. Try to tighten the things a fraction to crack the seal. At least you might then be starting with a bit of movement and a bit of clean thread. Then as long as you have resistance in the unscrew direction, you keep clearing the thread after every half a turn by going back the other way a fraction before the next half a turn to unscrew further.

It might help if you can get a good quality tool to start with, but ripping loose the captive nut is still a possibility

its def possibe iit happened to me

[v6lux]

I got a set of those and certainly made removal of the old front seats a hell of a lot easier

Certainly will make starting the bastard lawn mower easier too if you add a double end square drive and socket. Just remove the top cover of mower engine and use a good quality electric hand drill for the job on the top nut!