Hey... I had to raise the rails up a little bit. I used grade 12.9 allen head bolts from mcmaster, and the pictured washers. Will this be okay?

 

id be skeptical

out of curiosity....why?

 

 

holy ****** washers

 

You know, you could've threaded a nut or two on there and it would be more stable than that stack of 8 bazillion washers. I wouldn't sit in that seat.

 

he did it probably because in a racing bucket seat you can't see over the ******* dash, mine sits on the ground and i have been thinking of ways to raise mine too because i can't see **** and i look like a lil kid in my car

 

No I did it because the bar you pull to move foward/backwards wouldnt return to the original position, making the seat mobile from the rearward position foward until the bar was able to fall... catching the teeth.

I did this just for a temp fix. If it helps, the hole in the washers is barely big enough for the bolt, there is no play in that aspect of it.

 

Cut a piece of thick tubing with a washer welded or epoxied on each end and put it in there. I would not like to sit on all those washers when they slide.

 

dude.... I ordered these pieces from McMaster... The diameter of the hole of the washer is somethin like... .1mm away from the diamater of the bolt.

 

 

ummm, should be ok as long as you dont brake too fast....or accelerate....or turn while traveling faster that 15mph .....and dont sneeze fart or anything

 

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Okay... so..... explain the difference between what i did? I used the same sized bolt that the seat normally gets bolted down with, got a better grade.... and extended it. The area of the washer is greater than the contact area from the bottom of the rail....





still ? Tell me why.

 

bolts gonna snap in an accident.

 

i deno...im with you on this. i mean if you tightened that **** down, and the washers do not move at all. i see no reason why you should be fine.

to being creative. i probably would've done the same thing.

but i bet there are better, safer ways to create the same effect. but who gives a **** as long as it is a temp fix.

 

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reason he wont be fine is because there is now more leverage on 2 opposite areas of the bolt. trust me that will snap in an hard crash.

 

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There are reasons the seats sit tight to the ground. Maybe you can find some rails online or something, but I wouldn't be too comfortable sitting on that weakly supported bolt.

 

As long as your seatbelts aren't mounted to your seats, jesus..................

 

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too bad it is..

 

Well the bolts are indeed tight... and torwued down well, the seats dont move.

Whats a better solution? Maybe get some square stock and use that? I dunno.. shoot some ideas out.... a while ago I posted a thread asking how to FIX it.

 

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they will...

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yup. run square stock down the length of the hole rail and not just where the bolts go.

 

hes right about the bolt snapping. but as far as daily driving goes. i'd say its a fine quick fix.

if you want to fix it...buy new rails

 

Well why did these people think washers would work well?

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=509508