911 rear seat removal

[beany]

I am in the process of removing all the carpeting in my 80 sc to eventually replace it. Everything went well untill I tried to remove the screws that hold the back seats to their hinges. The "screw" has a very long slot and it does not want to give. I do not to screw it up so much that I can not get it out. Any suggestions? Thanks

[Dueller]

I literally did this 15 minutes ago. I ended up having to clamp vice grips on the screw/bolt head to break it from being labor bound. Once it broke free I was able to uncsrew it with flat bladed screwdriver. The seat back then easily pulls off the post it rides on in the center

[D'STARGA]

I just did this last week as well. I used a very large flat blade screwdriver that has a 10mm end on the shaft. put a wrench on the shaft to get good torque and it came loose nicely.

[vulcan300]

Start by banging on the screw head with a hammer, or if you can't get a good shot at the screw head use a long ratchet extension along with the hammer. The impact may help loosen up the thread. The use D'STARGAs method above to break the screw loose. A large pair of vice grips on a large flat bladed screw diver should give you the leverage to break the screw free. Make sure you apply steady even pressure to the screwdriver so that it doesn't slip and strip the slot. Good luck!

J

[nesslar]

Yep. You could also try to 'tighten' it just a touch, then use the big screwdriver (long SD with a wide blde) and then use the wrench on its handle to loosen it. Just be sure to keep the blade of the SD IN the slot while you turn it loose. Don't want to screw up the slot. The key I think is a BIG screwdriver, a long one. With a wrench/pliers on the handle, it should be plenty of leverage.

[Mitch Leland]

After soaking the bolts for a couple of days the bolts still wouldn't come out. I tried big screw drivers with a box wrench w/o success. I finally took a cold chisel to the edge of the bolts and rotated it out. It was ugly, but Pelican Parts has new ones.

[nkotselas]

I used a crow bar.

[nineball]

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