Seat bolts
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Instructor
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Seat bolts
Hi all. I have a 78 L48,( newbie) and both my wife and I want to raise the seat back angle up, so I can see the front end a little better. I pulled out the old adjustable bolts,and found some longer ones at Home Depot. For the life of me, I can't get the new,or old bolts restarted. Is there some trick I'm missing? Do I have to pull out the seats to fix this? I can't believe something so simple has me stumped. Please help out this Corvette for Dummies guy. Thank you, Mike
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First of all, make sure the threads are correct. I'm trying to remember. 5/16" national coarse?
Maybe if you dress the tips of the bolt threads with a grinder, to make the end a bit cone shaped, the bolts will find their home again.
If you try to raise the seatback a good bit, try to fit a solid stack of washers under the bolt head. The adjusting bolts are rather small. I've bent mine.
Maybe if you dress the tips of the bolt threads with a grinder, to make the end a bit cone shaped, the bolts will find their home again.
If you try to raise the seatback a good bit, try to fit a solid stack of washers under the bolt head. The adjusting bolts are rather small. I've bent mine.
