Seat bracket bolts? screws?
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Seat bracket bolts? screws?
This might be a longshot but does anybody know where i can buy new bolts for attaching the seat bracket to the floor? My seat is not bolted in and I don't have them..
I checked the online parts catalogs (lmc, dennis carpenter, bronco graveyard) and none has these bolts listed
Are the seats attached with a large head screw or nuts and bolts? I tried a regular 5/8 bolt from the hardware store and the bracket hole is larger than the bolt head and it didn't quite feel like the threads were a perfect match
This is on a 75 f150
I checked the online parts catalogs (lmc, dennis carpenter, bronco graveyard) and none has these bolts listed
Are the seats attached with a large head screw or nuts and bolts? I tried a regular 5/8 bolt from the hardware store and the bracket hole is larger than the bolt head and it didn't quite feel like the threads were a perfect match
This is on a 75 f150
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This might be a longshot but does anybody know where i can buy new bolts for attaching the seat bracket to the floor? My seat is not bolted in and I don't have them..
I checked the online parts catalogs (lmc, dennis carpenter, bronco graveyard) and none has these bolts listed
Are the seats attached with a large head screw or nuts and bolts? I tried a regular 5/8 bolt from the hardware store and the bracket hole is larger than the bolt head and it didn't quite feel like the threads were a perfect match
This is on a 75 f150
I checked the online parts catalogs (lmc, dennis carpenter, bronco graveyard) and none has these bolts listed
Are the seats attached with a large head screw or nuts and bolts? I tried a regular 5/8 bolt from the hardware store and the bracket hole is larger than the bolt head and it didn't quite feel like the threads were a perfect match
This is on a 75 f150
8) 381649S2 .. Bolt & Washer-Seat Track to Floor / National Course Thread / Grade 5 / 3/8" -16 x 1" / Hex head / Obsolete
Obsolete parts vendor Green Sales Co. in Cincinnati OH has 60 = 800-543-4959
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yeah i probably would if i knew the exact size i needed... the one i tried just didnt feel right (just a bit loose)
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From: Gadsden Purchase
Originally Posted by NumberDummy
The floor pan has "blind" nuts welded in for the seat track bolts.
Bolt & Washer-Seat Track to Floor / National Course Thread / Grade 5 / 3/8" -16 x 1" / Hex head / Obsolete
Obsolete parts vendor Green Sales Co. in Cincinnati OH has 60 = 800-543-4959
Bolt & Washer-Seat Track to Floor / National Course Thread / Grade 5 / 3/8" -16 x 1" / Hex head / Obsolete
Obsolete parts vendor Green Sales Co. in Cincinnati OH has 60 = 800-543-4959
store. I increased the length because I put ~3/8" thick "wood based micarta"**
blocks under the seat rails.
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/seatnut.jpg
I added a forth bolt to each side while I was at it too but wanted it to act
like the blind-nuts Bill mentions that Ford put in. Quick and took a picture,
that's just a cut off 3/8" "U" nut is all, but it works like a champ.
It's been a long time since I was able to take pictures and put them on my
website. So expect more waste-of-time pictures from me, guys. :)
Still not able to "scan off" little stuff so you're spared that crap for now. ;)
Alvin in AZ
ps- ** Pakkawood/Dymondwood they keep changing the dangged name and
so I gave up and switched to it's description years ago "wood based micarta"
pps- the extra silvery color of the bolts' ends is from anti-seize BTW ;)
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From: Gadsden Purchase
Originally Posted by highboy1975
shoot, i just went to a fastener place near me and got new bolts.
worked fine. i think i used washers underneath the bolt head too.
worked fine. i think i used washers underneath the bolt head too.
But I too put washers under the bolt heads on the seat rails.
Sometimes using washers does make sense? :/
Alvin in AZ
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381649S2, the Ford bolts (that's a Ford "hardware" part number, btw) have the washers included with the bolts, as that's how they were made.
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From: Gadsden Purchase
Originally Posted by jrt103
yeah i probably would if i knew the exact size i needed...
the one i tried just didnt feel right (just a bit loose)
the one i tried just didnt feel right (just a bit loose)
reach that far. ;)
Who the heck knows what's been shoved into those holes! ;)
This is where having a collection of old junky bolts to mess with (even if you
only have one of each size) at least can tell you what size to buy. Somebody
might have crammed a metric bolt/s into those hole/s you got or they might
be all rusted out and in need of a tapping to the next larger size even. :/
Alvin in AZ
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