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Old 08-12-19, 11:03 PM   #7
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Default Re: Front seat bolt Curvy

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Originally Posted by moblies View Post
... 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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