[Roadsters] easy seat removal

[RWM]

Not to mention you'd have to drill the existing seat bolts to fit the 
push/pop-pins. 

There is not enough meat there for comfort -- on either bolt or pin.



Gary McCormick wrote:
> What fastener would the proposed push pins be replacing? If it's the bolts
> securing the seat to the slide or the slide rails to the floor, this wouldn't
> be a good idea (I'm going from a look at the Parts Book microfiche - I haven't
> looked at the seat installation in my car).
>
> Ball-lock pins are designed to be loaded in shear, but they don't secure
> components axially like a cinched-down bolt and nut, and the lateral movement
> that would result from the necessary assembly clearance would be undesirable
> in a seat installation.
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
> b70 2000, SRL311-13291
>
> --- On Thu, 10/8/09, Gordon Glasgow <gsglasgow at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> From: Gordon Glasgow <gsglasgow at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] easy seat removal
> To: "'Tim'" <tputland at charter.net>, "'datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net'"
> <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 9:26 AM
>
> I missed that comment, but it might have been referring to using something
> like hood pins. This, however, would definitely NOT be a good idea in real
> life, since those pins aren't designed to take any real load, as might be
> experienced in an accident.
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> -----Original Message-----
> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Tim
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:47 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net
> Subject: [Roadsters] easy seat removal
>
> Earlier this year someone said something to the effect:
>
> If I had known how many times I would be removing the seats, I would have
> installed push pins (<---???) for easy seat removal.
>
> Does any one remember this, or remember saying this? What was being referred
> to?
>
> Thanks
>
> Looking to speed up and make easier the removal of the seats in my 2000.
>
> Tim
> Dairyland Datsuns
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