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seat removal disaster

Discussion in 'Prius c Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by CJSK, Sep 12, 2018.

  1. CJSK

    CJSK Junior Member

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    trying to do a seat replacement on my C as my seats are starting to fall apart.

    Attempting bolt removal on passenger seats... i somehow sheared two of the heads off.

    I had the right bit with a perfect fit, but i sheered one by hand and the other with an impact wrench.

    Sooo what the hell?? Why cant i get these nolts off? And what am i supposed to do about the two sheered off heads??!!

    :mad::mad: Frustrated
     

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  2. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    is this a flood car?

    you can drill into the bolt and use an easy out.
     
    #2 bisco, Sep 12, 2018
  3. ChapmanF

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    If there are any left, slide under the car and spray their exposed ends with some PB B'laster or other penetrating oil, then come back for them tomorrow.

    Using a regular impact wrench (the kind that uses hard knocks to turn the socket) is risky, as you've seen, with small seized fasteners, as it may just twist the heads right off.

    A kind of tool more to the purpose is this sort of thing:

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    That's an air hammer it's chucked into, not an air wrench. You use your own open-end wrench on the outside hex to keep up a steady lefty-loosey force, while the air hammer's job is to just keep bopping away straight on the head of the bolt to shake the threads loose. That way there's nothing putting an excessive torque on the head to risk twisting it off.

    -Chap
     
    #3 ChapmanF, Sep 12, 2018
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