CUTLASS Rear Seat Reinstall

[scoutsout]

So I am in the process of swapping carpet and some interior trim pieces on my 79 Supreme. I removed the rear seat back from the three prong mount things, and then realized I didn’t have the right torx bit for the lower bolts.

Long story short, I was able to do what I needed to do without having the seat back out, but now I can’t get the thing back in the tabs. It’s like they are two inches lower than where they need to be. Do I have to remove the seatbelt bracket bolts and install from the top? I wrestling with this for like an hour last night and didn’t get anything where it needed to be. Thanks in advance!

 

[303'505rollin]

The back back or the bottom seat? Doesn't it have metal pocket slot for the rod on the back of the seat to slide into, it kind of a pain to push the seat down to lock it in

 

[Drkuhar]

It is much easier to take the seat belt bolts/ rear cushion holdown bolts out and drop it in the top brackets and put the bolts back in. You can bend the metal seat frame bars trying to lift the back up and over those brackets.

 

[spidereyes455]

Do yourself a favor and go pick up the correct bit and just take the bolts out. You will likely ruin the seat if you try to force it as is. BTW, a T50 will usually work but the correct size is actually a T500.

 

[scoutsout]

Thanks all. I actually bought the T500 bit when this all first started, and then the project moved in a slightly different direction, so now we're back here. Appreciate all the responses.