ubercooper

how do you remove the rear seatbelts???? (many of you are thinking: "with a wrench you idiot ") I have tried everything to get the bolt to budge and it wont.Is there a special way to do this or am I just dumb?
thanks
Seb

Techno Duck

I think its a 17mm or a 19mm bolt.. pop the black plastic caps off if they are still on there, and turn?

Righty tighty, lefty loosey???

ubercooper

i already had the plastic caps off, but they still wont budge
i also had the correct wrench too.
Im talking about the belt that is mounted to the pillar, not the one mounted to the seat.

yellowline

The seatbelt bolts are installed with a lot of torque. Get a 1/2" drive socket in 17mm, as well as a nice breaker bar. Should help immensely.

ubercooper

sry, kinda new on the whole "tool terms" but whats a breaker bar?
i will go to homedepot and pick up a 1/2" drive socket in 17mm as soon as yellowline responds to this.

Techno Duck

A breaker bar is essentially a long ratchet..that dosent ratchet. It gives you a great amount of leverage.

ubercooper

i have uninstalled the female ends on both seats, and the bottom parts of the male system, I just cant get enough leverage, I'll go 2 home depot today or tomorrow and get 1, Ill post pix/ response 2morrow.

yellowline

Yep. With a longer bar, you produce greater amounts of torque. A 10 inch wrench doesn't compare to an 18"+ bar. Put the seat forward as well, so that you can push on it using your weight. Let gravity do the work, just be careful not to slip and round out the bolt head.

cobalt

Mine came out with little effort. AS Jon pointed out in another thread a 7/16" -20 thread bolt also wrks if you loose your hardware.

BTW Jon I have those grade 8 7/16-20 2" and wshers if you would like for your roll bar. Pm me with address, I will send them gratis for your help.

Scootin159

another trick I do frequently is to slide my jack handle (~5' long) over the end of the breaker bar, giving me essentially a 5' long wrench. I've yet to find a bolt that won't move under that (although I have broken a few sockets).

ubercooper

thanks for the advice, I got the seatbelt off with ease, but how do I access the whole retraction system and get that out???