Seat Bracket front left bolt snapped

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Seat Bracket front left bolt snapped

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As the title says on the front left passenger side

what can i do to fix it?! the bolt snapped while i was undoing the nut now it just flat off with the surface, i have looked at blind bolts, blind nut rivet but i don't know if they a the right size and what should i do to fix this problem?

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Re: Seat Bracket front left bolt snapped

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Centrepunch it, small drill bits and an easyout
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silverGPX wrote:Centrepunch it, small drill bits and an easyout
I think the screw might be welded to a body frame at the bottom? Correct me if I am wrong
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Front of the seat uses bolts, the back has bolts fixed to the floor pointing up.
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Re: Seat Bracket front left bolt snapped

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Weird the part that snap off had a nut attached to it and the other ones had a circle tip and it a bolt that screws down.

How would I fix the fixed bolt from the floor pointing up?
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Weld a new one in?
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Supplanter wrote:Weld a new one in?
Is it accessible under the carpet?
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Supplanter wrote:Weld a new one in?

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Front of the seat uses bolts, the back has bolts fixed to the floor pointing up.
Completely wrong actually.The other way round. In the front, the bolt threads are welded to the floor pan. Nuts are used to hold the seat down. On the rear, the holes are in the floor pan and bolts hold the rear of the seats down.
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    Supplanter wrote:Front of the seat uses bolts, the back has bolts fixed to the floor pointing up.
    Sorry, other way around. ;)
    Front = welded bolts sticking up (studs), you put the nuts on.
    Rear = bolts used to hold down seat, you put the bolts in.
    illmotion wrote:Is it accessible under the carpet?
    Best pics I got at the moment, taken when I sprayed my FTO...
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    I was 30 seconds too late :oops:

    Hey dstocks, you wrote your post while I was uploading my pics :lol:
    mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done! :salut:
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    Thanks for the photos but I think I am blind lol cannot spot it
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    I was 30 seconds too late
    Missed it by that much.......
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      They're hard too see as it's all red :lol:

      I have circled the 2 studs viewable in the pic...
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      From the "Body Repair Manual", each arrow is pointing to a front seat stud...
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      Ahhh there we go much easier to see :) well I don't have a single clue how to get under there looks like it welded down
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      I had a 50/50 chance of guessing it. :lol:
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