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front seats won't go forward enough to undo rear bolts
front seats won't go forward enough to undo rear bolts
I need to remove my front seats to have them recovered. Neither go forward enough to uncover the bolts. I can barely get a socket on the bolt under the seat back.
I've had change (could be something else) get stuck in the slider rails that prevented them from full movement. Might need to get access to the cables and tug on them to release and fold forward.
I think he is saying if you raise the seat bottom you may have more access to the rear bolt. I've had luck with an offset 19mm box wrench when the sliders are stuck. Check that the cross bar (under the seats) is in place. If one end has come loose the seat won't move. As for Tera seat access your u could have a broken release wire (BMW calls them ropes). Remove the seat back to get access to them.
Hopefully some combination of the above will allow you to get those bolts out.
Seat Shocks....I have passed the baton to John Christy from Ninestitch. Email John or Garrett at ninestitch1@gmail.com
Some play in the ropes is normal but I see a loose rope hanging there so something may not be doing it's job. Seems like something low profile should fit in there. Do you have a set of HF pass through sockets (the kind you use to remove suspension struts..or try to offset box. It may allow you to move the bolt enough for something else to work.
I take it the tracks are frozen. Have you hit them with PB ?
Seat Shocks....I have passed the baton to John Christy from Ninestitch. Email John or Garrett at ninestitch1@gmail.com
The seats (both) move back & forth seemingly as intended (this is too far forward to get in)
The problem is these bolts are unaccessible. I can get a low profile 1/4 inch socket on it and can unscrew it until it hits the seat. In the pictures I hve found of writeups on taking them out they move forward far enough to access/clear the seat:
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