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07-12-19, 07:42 PM | #1 |
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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
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07-12-19, 11:43 PM | #2 |
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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.
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07-12-19, 11:55 PM | #3 |
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Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
Exactly what I did too.
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08-12-19, 12:36 AM | #4 |
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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.
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08-12-19, 10:13 AM | #5 |
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Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
I actually found that the original bolt was long enough to get a shallow nut onto.
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08-12-19, 08:48 PM | #6 |
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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
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Re: Front seat bolt Curvy
Quote:
(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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