Trouble removing front seats :S

1. blake1312 Frequent Poster Joined: May 2009 Bristol :D Posts: 929 Lexus is200

   #1 6th July 2009, 10:48

   Im trying to take out my passanger seat to see if my cobra monacos wil fit in ok, but the bolts that hold the subframe and seat in wont come out, the ones attached to the side of the car are fine but the ones by handbrake and gearstick are useless, even when i got the right screwdriver etc the metal just seems to round off, anyone else have this problem am i doing somthing wrong??
   
   Cheers
2. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #2 6th July 2009, 12:19

   have you used a torx head (t40) if its rounded off its a bastard, means you have to tap it out
3. Fordy_87 Established Member Joined: Apr 2007 Coventry Posts: 1481 mk2 Vtr & mk1 Tb'd Vts

   #3 6th July 2009, 16:17

   get a torx piece and hammer it ontop of the bolt so it makes a new impression and then it should unscrew.....thats what the guy done with mine when i got my monaco's
4. user_30728 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2009 st.austell Posts: 2549 106 quiksilver

   #4 6th July 2009, 16:27

   pair of thick pliers to turn them, or theres a special tool that goes over the top of the bolt cant remember what its called
5. VTRelite Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 Gloucester Posts: 3000 Citroen Saxo VTR Renault 5

   #5 6th July 2009, 16:39

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by jambmx91 pair of thick pliers to turn them, or theres a special tool that goes over the top of the bolt cant remember what its called

   a socket lol
6. L8R_VTR Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 786

   #6 6th July 2009, 16:51

   Nope as above you need a torx t40 bit and a socket to remove all four bolts well two now that you have removed the two on the side which are also torx screws dont know how you managed to remove them without f~~~~ing them up lol.
7. user_29499 Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 wednesbury/birmingham Posts: 1121 106 gti

   #7 6th July 2009, 22:42

   it might be the bolt underneath the car mate, what the screw screws into like if you no what i mean because a few of them you can move and slide but they might have just sliped out of the bit what holds them tight but i have no clue how you would get to them mate
8. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #8 6th July 2009, 22:50

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by tomo2k8 it might be the bolt underneath the car mate, what the screw screws into like if you no what i mean because a few of them you can move and slide but they might have just sliped out of the bit what holds them tight but i have no clue how you would get to them mate

   you cant pysically put a nut underneath on a saxo unless you cut all the shell open
   most of the time a plate with thread is welded in if its stripped ect
   
   i would say use the correct tools tbh
   theres only a few bits on a saxo that use a screwdriver and the seat isnt normally one of them
9. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

   #9 7th July 2009, 13:33

   i had this problem, got the drivers side off but passengers one wouldnt budge, went up to the garage i bought my car from up the road, told them the problem and he got the air gun out and un screwed all 4 in like 10seconds, did it for free aswell
10. user_30728 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2009 st.austell Posts: 2549 106 quiksilver

    #10 7th July 2009, 14:07

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by VTRelite a socket lol

    lol na its not a socket its s special tool for rounded off bolts
11. blake1312 Frequent Poster Joined: May 2009 Bristol :D Posts: 929 Lexus is200

    #11 7th July 2009, 15:44

    cheers everyone, gona borrow a torx head screwdriver of my m8 2moz and have a go, then i got the fun task of trying to fit cobra monacos to saxo origonal subframes :/