So, today I wanted to get the drivers seat in, run the car a little bit, clean up the garage, turn the car around and back in for work on the passenger side. Easy enough you’d think.
So after running here and there getting some things done (not car related) I cleaned up the wiring, used some new clips, and got it tucked where it needs to be. Yeah, I’ll have to move it again when I do the sound deadener, but that’s for another day.
I cleaned the interior up, vacuumed it out, put the seat about where it needs to go........ rear bolts immediately stop once they get to full thread after the taper. I figure maybe it’s some POR15 clogging it. I clean out the threads, same thing. I was to the point I was either going to break the bolt, or the new bracket I just welded in. I decide to try the hardware that’s with the sub frames I just bought. Same thing.
I find the original thread pitch of the seat bolts on here somewhere, then I call Raybuck Auto Body (the place I ordered the brackets from to save $25 off the LMR price) but they are no help in giving me the thread pitch of the female inserts they use.
So off to Ace in the hopes of coming back with the right bolt. All iI get out of Ace and it’s now pouring rain. Moving the car out will wait til another day. Luckily the 3/8-16 bolts threaded right in and the seat is nice and tight, much more solid than it was before. Why they couldn’t just use what came on the car is beyond me!!
yes..... stupid long rant for a simple thing, but now I’ve vented, feel better, and off to find something else to do!
(next time I’ll check the bolts in the brackets before I weld them in).