Chuck944

I swap seats several times a year for DE and I think I've stripped the nut that holds down the seat track. I can't get the bolt to catch the threads. It seems like the nut is floating but captured in a bracket (passenger side, inside rear). Can I replace it without cutting, grinding or welding?
Thanks

jim944s2

Kind of a late reply; could you tap it out just one size bigger and use a slightly larger bolt?
I've had a 'sticky' nut in my drivers side from seat swapping prior to my owning the car, I've been scared of stripping that one now that I've been seat swapping too. I bought the stock size tap to clean up those threads, and with some anti-seize it seems to be working fine again. You said it won't catch, maybe yours just needs thread clean up?, I'll see if I can find that stock tap size.... 1.25 mm - 8 is what it says on the package. Could you try one of those first?, and a new bolt?

Chuck944

Good suggestion. That is certainly the least aggressive idea I've heard, beats grinding and welding or drilling through the floorboard. The bolt is M6 x 1.0, I think the newer 944's went to the 8mm bolt. I'll give it a try, thanks.

jim944s2

Let us know if it works, or what you've had success with.