I've had my Prelude about 2 months now, and the whole time I've had the car, the passenger seat wouldn't move up except about an inch or two. I've finally narrowed the problem down to a quarter or nickel stuck in the rail on the right side... near the center console/armrest. However, its wedged in there and I can't get it out with anything i have.

I figured there might be a good chance to get it out if i can get the actual seat out of the car, but since the seat won't move up, I can't reach the back bracket bolts either. I can get a wrench on the one bolt (haven't tried the other one yet) but there's no room to move so I haven't broke torque yet. And it's too tight to get the socket wrench in there because the socket takes all the room... no space for the wrench, just the socket on the bolt head.

Any ideas?



EDIT: No ideas from anyone? Maybe i shoulda titled the thread "need advice on wheels" or something like that. I know people aren't always on the net but i expected something, even if it was a stupid remark or something.

 

gonna have to try your best to make the wrench work for you if that's all that can get on the bolt. try to put something longer over the wrench to give you more leverage if you can also.

 

I had a feeling that was gonna be my best option. I did get one of the bolts off just a minute ago after much sweating and cursing. I was able to sneak a hammer nearby and out of frustration i hammered it tighter and i guess that broke the threadlocker loose... so now i just have one more to labor over and it should be smooth sailing from there.

Then i gotta figure out how that coin is wedged and try to counter that, and i should be all set. Thanks for the reply though... better than nothing i guess.


EDIT: I decided to go back out and at least see how hard that last bolt was gonna be to reach... i took the other three out (had the front two finger tight for support) and decided to try to rotate the seat a bit to possibly free up some space. Well when i went to do that, it skipped the rail and moved past the coin!!! So i had free access to use the ratchet this time. So i'm all set. Thanks for all who at least took the time to look.