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moblies 07-12-19 07:42 PM

Front seat bolt Curvy
 
Added a quick connect charger cable and found one of the front seat bolts don’t tighten up. Any one had the same and have a fix.

Looks like it bolts to the subframe and feels like a captive bolt welded to the back.
Not worth changing the subframe for that so a quick solution would do

GeorgeRYoung 07-12-19 11:43 PM

Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
 
Ah, yes, I had that problem. I used a longer bolt and a nut behind the captive nut.


Not the most elegant thing I've ever done.

garynortheast 07-12-19 11:55 PM

Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
 
Exactly what I did too.

embee 08-12-19 12:36 AM

Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
 
Just be a bit careful about the wiring harnesses which hide behind those seat bolts. It was always one of the standard things to check when electrical gremlins afflicted a curvy, the bolts would project through and chafe the harness.

garynortheast 08-12-19 10:13 AM

Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
 
I actually found that the original bolt was long enough to get a shallow nut onto.

moblies 08-12-19 08:48 PM

Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
 
Cheers chaps. I managed to find a nut lurking in the tool box and managed to get it behind the frame. It seems the screw goes into the harness, probably not the best routing of cables but didn’t feel any damage to the harness so all good

Ruffy 08-12-19 11:03 PM

Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by moblies (Post 3110613)
... and found one of the front seat bolts don’t tighten up. Any one had the same and have a fix.

My solution was to drill out and re-tap to take a larger bolt size, with a short standard stainless bolt and 20mm flat washer to replace the original bolt. (I used M8x1.25, I think, from memory. I seem to recall I may have had to drill out the metal collars in the seat tabs too, which was a bit fiddly but straightforward enough when taken out and lightly clamped on the bench - they tend to spin and the heat melts the seat if you try it in-situ!)

(While I was there, I wrapped a short length of split flexible plastic conduit around the loom behind to reduce risk of electrical gremlins. The loom tape was showing visible signs of rubbing.)


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