Removing tillets

[Agent Orange]

Seems like a stupid question but I'm going to ask it anyway...

How do you remove the tillets? Can you position the lever on the seat to pop it off the rails or is it a case of removing the 4 nuts/bolts fixing the rail subframe to the floor?

Got something stuck under the seat and cannot get to it!

[Andy Bell]

oh the pain of this. I had a problem that the seat on the runners was stiff such that I could not move it fully forward or back. What you need to do is get seat fully back/forward (brute force & wd40) then jam a screwdriver between the nut and the runner to stop it spinning. Then get a kind soul (or do it yourself if you have long arms) to undo the nut below car. Makes it harder as it moves about vertically as well

Its incredibly frustrating and I took onboard someones suggestion and took the rails to a garage where they welded them effectively creating captive nuts. Cost me £5 and well worth it.

[TeflonT]

Undo the bolts holding the rails to the floor.

tape up your paintwork, lift the seat out threading the harnesses through the holes as you go.

[Agent Orange]

Great info thanks.

It did look like I'd have to remove the nuts but hoped I wouldn't. No big deal and good tip for getting the nuts welded to the rails.

Will do the passenger side first I think just in case I hit any issues. Need to relocate the fire extinguisher from the foot well to the boot anyway.

Cheers

[TeflonT]

Be careful not to over tighten when you refit the seats as the alloy rivnuts strip easily.

[pikeyboy]

Not and easy job at the bets of times but try doing it when your dogs want some attention, are licking your ears and have stolen one of the nyloc nuts.....

[TeflonT]

Or try fitting Tillets after you have fitted a Double D Roadsports cage. Almost impossible.

[Agent Orange]

boy said:

Not and easy job at the bets of times but try doing it when your dogs want some attention, are licking your ears and have stolen one of the nyloc nuts.....

At least your dogs weren't licking your nuts...

[BertBert]

IIRC, the old r500 pax side tillet was bolted to the floor not runners. It wss a complete bar steward to get in with the spacers to give it the right rake.
Bert

[DaveK-S1]

TeflonT said:

Be careful not to over tighten when you refit the seats as the alloy rivnuts strip easily.

What alloy rivnuts arnie ?

Ive simply tacked the bolts into the rails with a blob of weld , so you simply have to fit through the holes in the floor and mount with nuts and large repair washer from underneath

Dave

[BertBert]

ISTR the runners having rivnuts, not bolts

[TeflonT]

Ally 25mm box section supports, not runners Dave.