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Old Jun 15, 2020 | 12:37 AM
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Help with power bench seat removal

66 cutlass with power bench seat. Replacing the carpet and cannot get the seat out. Got all 4 corner bolts and nuts but there still is something holding the seat in place close to the rear of the seat on the corners as it rocks but doesnt budge. Anyone know what holds it there? I also can work it with the switch but it doesnt go forward or reverse. I can feel a rubber snubber under the drivers side spinning but it doesnt move the seat. Doesnt seem to be belt driven from what I can see and feel
Old Jun 15, 2020 | 05:02 AM
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Anyone know what holds it there?
Yeah, the other two bolts you haven't removed yet. There are six total, not four.
Old Jun 15, 2020 | 09:17 AM
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wish I could see them. gawd Im getting old. Maybe since the seat is stuck in the furthest back location, its covering the bolt?

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Old Jun 15, 2020 | 03:05 PM
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seat bolts

as mentioned 6 ....

Old Jun 16, 2020 | 12:08 AM
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Thanks. I was able to pull up an assembly diagram in one of those links and just as I thought, without being able to move the seat forward, and I tried the cable drill as well, one cannot get the bolt off center back. I seen in the illustration the roundish triangle cover as well and the bolt is there.. just cant get to it. The upholstery guy said he can install carpet around it all, it just wont be under the tracks. I guess I wish it worked but it is all the way back and maybe a fight for another time.. yeah probable never but at least I know where that pesky thing is if I ever come across again.
Old Jun 16, 2020 | 07:28 PM
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Took it to the upholstery guy today, got in it and told him I couldnt fix it as it was there before and he couldnt find bolts, showed him the lever and told him to listen, the motor works and......THE FRICKEN THING WORKED! Go figure.
Old Jun 17, 2020 | 07:47 PM
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If you were really desperate to get the seat out, you could remove the seat from the track mechanism by removing the four bolts holding the seat to the track. 1/2 " socket or box end wrench. Try that.
Old Jun 17, 2020 | 09:04 PM
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time to pull the seat and repair the issue
they are easy to work on...
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