I removed the seats in my 65 coupe today to get at the seat bolt anchor bolts. I found an old set of original saddle seat belts that I cleaned up, repainted the buckles and planned on installing them instead of the aftermaket belts that were installed when I bought the car. The passenger side outer anchor bolt had been replaced with a hex head bolt and was not too difficult to remove. The driver's side bolt was different. It appears to be the orignial button head bolt and appears to be frozen. I researched the archives and found this bolt described as an allen head button bolt and also as a torx bolt. Before I crank down on the bolt, I'd like to have the correct bit. The largest torx bit I have is a T50, but it spins in the bolt head. Does anyone know the correct size? Mine may be stripped, but I'll try to find a larger T55 bit if that's the correct size.
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Re: C2 - Seat belt anchor bolt
Installed new carpet in my 63. Used a allen, because thats what I had, try some penetrating oil to loosen it up some maybe, I know my bolts were rusted froze pretty good, good luck -
Re: C2 - Seat belt anchor bolt
Steve,
It should definitely NOT be a torx head screw. It should be an allen head, I don't remember the size for sure, but I think it was a 5/16".
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Re: C2 - Seat belt anchor bolt
Steve,
It is indeed an allen head bolt. I think that 5/16 is the correct size, but this is one of those rare cases where a metric size came in handy for me. When I tried to remove the outer seat belt bolts in my '66, I stripped the
allen head on the driver's side, so when I went to the passenger's side
I used an 8 mm metric allen head wrench, which is 2 thousands larger than 5/16 and I managed to get that bolt out without stripping. With a little tapping with a hammer, the 8 mm fit the allen head very nicely.
On the driver's side, I wound up taking a Dremel tool and cutting 4 flats on the outside of the button head and then removed the bolt with an open
end wrench.
Good luck,
GaryComment
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Re: C2 - Seat belt anchor bolt
AS the others have stated, the Allen head is correct. I have dealt with these frozen bolts by brute force. I wound up putting a hollow jack handle on my seat belt retaining bolt and using that for the extra leverage. I did soak it quite a bit with PB Blaster. This is the best penetrating solution I have found. Apply some PB, lightly tap the bolt and then let it sit. Do this application several times, and then try the allen wrench with an extension handle on it.
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