47-55.1 Seat frame removal. How is it connected?

[joedoh]

bare floor... as in flat floor? mongos help will get the bottom of the seat frame out, but the riser will still be spot welded to the floor. if thats what you are after there ya go.

to get the riser out you can use a spot weld remover on the flange that is bent and welded to the floor. what I normally do though is use a long bimetal sawzall blade and cut it off flush, or close to flush, and anything that isnt flush I pound flat, job done. I start the cut in the front corners and pull back to the rear brace, then across the front, then down at the rear brace. the sliders bolt to the rear brace with two nuts, and then you can just slide it all out. dont take out the rear brace if you can avoid it, its a nice stiffener and doesnt get in the way of new seat sliders.

[gigamanx]

Originally Posted by joedoh

bare floor... as in flat floor? mongos help will get the bottom of the seat frame out, but the riser will still be spot welded to the floor. if thats what you are after there ya go.

to get the riser out you can use a spot weld remover on the flange that is bent and welded to the floor. what I normally do though is use a long bimetal sawzall blade and cut it off flush, or close to flush, and anything that isnt flush I pound flat, job done. I start the cut in the front corners and pull back to the rear brace, then across the front, then down at the rear brace. the sliders bolt to the rear brace with two nuts, and then you can just slide it all out. dont take out the rear brace if you can avoid it, its a nice stiffener and doesnt get in the way of new seat sliders.

I think you guys have the right idea after pondering it last night...The circled item is what I'm trying to remove so I can start working on new seat mounts for my F150 donor seat.



This is with a flat floor and I seem to see a lot of pictures of those. Maybe people are replacing their floor panels and I thought it was easier.



I'm afraid of trying to drill out spot welds and drilling through the floor since my floor is pretty solid. May try the sawzall suggestion or get a cut off wheel in there