How to remove seat slider screws? Value of Seats?

[competentone]

Edit: Issue resolved. Thanks for the input.

I'm trying to remove the two rails of the seat slider assembly that are attached to the seat itself. Each rail is held to the seat by 5 screws with slotted heads.

I cannot get the screws to budge. I even put a slotted blade on a ratchet and the blade tip broke but the screw didn't budge.

I'm thinking these screws must have thread-lock on them, or the foam of the seat was installed after they were installed and they are now "glued" in place.

I'm thinking of trying some heat but am concerned about damaging the seat.

If the seat itself has little to no value, I don't mind damaging it (I have someone interested in buying the sliders). I'm thinking also of drilling off the heads, but then the base of the screw would be left in the seat.

If anyone has any input about any value of these seats themselves (they'd need recovering/rebuilding) I'd be interested in hearing it. (I got mostly interest in the sliders when I offered them on the Parts For Sale forum.)

Thanks in advance for any input.









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[Richard Burns]

Have you tried tightening these screws and then loosening them?
You could also loosen the screws by fitting ma screwdriver and hitting it as though you are trying to drive them further in this will help sometimes.
Good luck.

[RWebb]

replace them with the proper Allen head screws

[Evans, Marv]

I couldn't really tell too well. But if the heads of the screws are raised, you might try the Vise-Grip with the screwdriver at the same time. Also, you could try an impact screw driver - the one you hit with a hammer. You could also just grind the screw heads down with a Dremel tool until the sliders could be pulled off & try to turn what's left of the screws out of the seat with a Vise-Grip Maybe somebody painted the sliders & attached them to the seats before the paint dried. ???

[javadog]

The screws are probably just a little rusty. Use some good penetrating oil. Flip the seats upside down and apply the oil to the base of each screw head and then whack them with a hammer. Repeat several times over a period of a day or so. Get an impact driver with a properly fitting blade (it must be a snug fit in the slot, the full length of the slot- do not use the wrong size tip) and have at it. They should come loose.

The seats won't be worth much, if anything, to the average guy.

JR

[TMoreken]

I second the impact screwdriver. Sometimes, even if the screw doesn't turn the first time, the shock of the impact will start the process.

I paid $75.00 for two half leather/half pinstripe 911 seats a few years back. They were in very good condition. It's the full leather sport seats that will command a premium.

[javadog]

The problem with selling those seats is that they are aftermarket seats made by a company that few people (if any) in this country will be familiar with. Recaro, Scheel and the like will sell, these might bring a few bucks on eBay.

JR

[competentone]

Thanks for the input. Heat and brute-force did the job (some of the heads snapped off).

It looks like they were "just a little rusty":