Swopping Seat Subframes

[MiniGibbo 142]

For those that dont follow my journal, ive encountered this problem swopping a passenger seat onto my drivers frame..

 

 

Any advice?

[stufarri 98 3 Cars]

The best way is to strip down the seats and swap over the covers onto the drivers seat. Quite fiddly but probably a few hrs work.

Edited March 15, 2012 by stufarri

[MiniGibbo 142]

Thats the easiest way to fix this problem.. i was thinking of heating the arm and bending it outwards to clear the turning thing but wondered if there was a simpler way of doing it.

[allye 530 3 Cars]

You could always ditch the tilt system and just let passengers in through the N/S!?

[MiniGibbo 142]

Days gone by Id of just cut the f***er off with mygrinder but these new not rules mean it has to work, going to ask a mate who works in a fab shop to heat it up and give it a bend

[cybernck 402 1 Cars]

Yeah, that works fine:

 

[MiniGibbo 142]

Whats that cutting it off or bending it ?

[cybernck 402 1 Cars]

If you take a look at the photo, you'll see it's still there .

[MiniGibbo 142]

O right sorry dude I'm on my phone and the picture is tiny..

 

I'll tap my mate up on the weekend if I get chance..!

[Anthony 1,003]

No need to cut it off - if it catches, just bend it out of the way a touch to give clearance.

 

If you don't need/want the tilt functionality, then either fit a 5dr subframe or fully remove the tilting part from the 3dr subframe - both options means that you'll get a more stable seat that sits a touch lower.

[steve@cornwall 100]

just put a big ring spanner over it and lever it out just enough to clear - works for me!