gavin2409
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my girlfriend just bought a pair of bucket seats 4 me and have tried getting the original ones out but having problems!!!!!
got the t40 star shaped bit i need and the bloody screw just aint coming out......
any ideas as to what i have to do to get them out?
its the ones closest to both doors
...... could they be rusted
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jr
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its it actully spinning ???
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Robin
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spray the underside of the bolt (under the car) with plusgas, or a decent lube (not WD40, its rubbish) then use a big breaker bar on them
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jr
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or use an angle grinder 
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gavin2409
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yeh but making a cranking noise whilst its happening? and theres hardly no movement to the screw coming out....
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K3 VMU
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin2409
yeh but making a cranking noise whilst its happening? and theres hardly no movement to the screw coming out....
gutted mate,sounds like cross threadin? good luck 
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gavin2409
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yeh tried spraying it with lube but still no good
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Robin
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they've never been out before no?
just tight, mine were like it... do what i say up there ^^^
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gavin2409
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yeh try that in the morning now
cheers mate?
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williams1.5
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
or use an angle grinder
thats what i did
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K3 VMU
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin2409
yeh try that in the morning now
cheers mate?
fookin ryt mate,site back watch emmerdale and ave a smoke and a pancake,crazy dutch bastids!
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Steve
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got a pair of mole grips?
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K3 VMU
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quote:
Originally posted by williams1.5
quote:
Originally posted by jr
or use an angle grinder
thats what i did
RUFF, but soooo effective and easy  like your styles
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gavin2409
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more like the footy
cheers all !!!!!!!!1
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gavin2409
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yeh i got mole grips but how can they help
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K3 VMU
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
got a pair of mole grips?
 for?...... grippin a hold of that nasty vermon problem in the garden?
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Steve
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i big fuck off pair of molegrips and hammer will do the trick if its threaded the star hole
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jr
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sounds like the captive nit could not be captive anymore
look underneath, prob see the nut spinning
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Robin
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if its not moving much, its just rusted up.
mole grips wont work, i tried.
Stilson grips will, the ones which self tighten the more pressure you put on them...
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ainsley_brader
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good mole grips would.
but i agree with rob the cracking noise is it turning, its just very tight. Try spraying it with a decent lube then tightening it back up then undoing it, by tightening it back up you work the lube into the threads!
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
sounds like the captive nit could not be captive anymore
look underneath, prob see the nut spinning
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gavin2409
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cheers all
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CorsAsh
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Get underneath, you'll be able to see the bolt, get a wire brush and clean off any rust/shit under there and WD40 it. Might help...
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John G
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the srews have lock tight in them so when the bolts get hot as u crew then in then stick between the thread an go rock solid when the thread has cooled down, get a heat gun an warm up the thread from the underside of the car (doing it from the top with soften the torque head meaning it will round off easier not what u wanna be doing)
failing that get yaself to ya local lookers then took mine out for free wen mine got stuck how way out like yours seem to have done,
i also bought 4 new ones wen puttin the seats in, they cost pennys so u might as wel as u never know when u may have to take them out again and you could encounter the same problem, except this time youd have a greater chance of rounding the torque head off
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gavin2409
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cheers guys got them out now yipeeeee!!!!!!
used a bit of everyones ideas lubed them up then got the mole grips on them..........
just gota get subframes and off we go!!!!!!
cheers gav
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