[Shop-talk] seat slide/locking mount

[Arvid]

Maybe some arrangement [a couple of pieces of rod sticking out of the 
tractor and holes in the seat base] that would provide the locating 
function and only require movement in a vertical plane and then 
something like this to hold it down?

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Stainless+Steel+Hook+Clamps&id=CBB21202E7A8E3BE184AE076EC8C83FF0B4F9655&FORM=IDBQDM

On 8/18/2017 10:58 PM, eric at megageek.com wrote:
> I need to install a new seat on my tractor.  Here is the problem, the 
> seat needs to be removal (toolless) so I can get to common items under 
> it.  The seat sits on a metal plate that swings up, and the plates 
> can't lift up if there is a seat on it.
>
> So, I was thinking something like a car seat track to move the seat 
> forward or back without a lock so it can slide off the rail.
>
> BUT, there is a problem with that, as I can't move the seat more than 
> an inch or two forward or backwards.
>
> So I need a mounting method where I can place the seat down, slide it 
> back less than 3 inches and have it lock in place.  Then a quick 
> release that will allow me to unlock and slide it forward to remove it.
>
> I can't figure out what to be looking up to find such a mounting system.
>
> I already have the seat, so I just need this system.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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