Art McEwen wrote:
>
> It all started when I got the carpet soaked, the one part that I couldn't
> dry properly was under the drivers seat, since it was filthy anyway I
> thought I'd take the seat out and remove the carpet to dry & clean it. Of
> course the round head screws that hold the slider to the floor pan are
> seized in place and the heads are too big for WD40 to adequately soak down
> to the thread, and because they are screws and not bolts I can't apply
> enough pressure without the screwdriver slipping out of the slot (and
> taking the skin on my knuckles with it).
>
> My options as I see them are:
>
> 1) Drill out the screws from the top, and tap in new thread to the square
> nuts under the floor.
>
> 2) Hacksaw off the nuts from the underside, and replace them with hex head
> nuts & bolts.
>
> 3) Heat the nuts from the underside and hope they expand enough to let me
> get the screws out before the heat ignites the WD40.
>
> 4) Dry the carpet as best I can with a space heater, ignore the fact that
> it's filthy and fix it when the floor pan eventually rots away from the
> trapped moisture
>
> Right now I'm leaning towards # 4 unless anybody has any better ideas?
>
> Art McEwen
> mcewenar@epo.gov.on.ca
Hi Art:
Recently removed seat bracket round head screws with steel chisel to
screw head. I then went underneath and pryed open square nut cage with
thin strong screw driver to remove square nut and what was left of the
round head screw. Went to Home Depot and fairly matched screws and
square nuts up to new and replaced. I had to remove the brackets because
the carpet was totally destroyed and needed replacing. I don't think I
would want to this again with out a decent car lift. Make sure you use
saftey glasses during the prying stage.
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