"Clown Shoe Pilot" (csp)
01/11/2015 at 19:45 • Filed to: None
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"Clown Shoe Pilot" (csp)
01/11/2015 at 19:45 • Filed to: None | 1
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My seat bushings on the M Coupe have finally perished. It's a well known problem and the repair parts were a whopping $30.
I followed some directions I found on the interwebz and got the bushings in my driver seat replaced. As I was re-installing the seat in the car one of the bolts wasn't threading back in as easily as I thought it should. So, I pulled the seat back out and went to chase the threads with my thread chasing/repair tool. The bolt cleaned up nicely, but then the chasing tool broke off in the threaded hole in the floor pan.
#*(!&@!!!!
So, next I cut the top of the broken tool off and drilled a pilot hole and ran my extractor in. The extractor caught a bite and then IT broke off.
(*&@#(*&@!!!!!!!!!!
So I put the seat back in and it's held in place by 3 bolts. I'll take it to the local indy BMW shop during the week and see if they can un-fuck my situation.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Clown Shoe Pilot
01/11/2015 at 19:53 |
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Hate it when that happens. You/they might have success by welding a nut onto the broken bits and using that to turn it all out. Works almost everyone for me.
Funktheduck
> Clown Shoe Pilot
01/11/2015 at 19:53 |
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That sucks. I hate when something simple decides to go all sorts of messed up. When a 1 hour job turns into a 13 hour job like the last time I did drum brakes.
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Clown Shoe Pilot
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
01/11/2015 at 19:55 |
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hmmm.... that's a good plan. I might try that before taking it in. I'll should probably take all the carpet out to keep from setting the inside of the car on fire with the welder.
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AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Clown Shoe Pilot
01/11/2015 at 20:10 |
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Good call. I've never had to actually do this inside of a car, usually suspension things.
brianbrannon
> Clown Shoe Pilot
01/12/2015 at 15:37 |
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Carbide bit in a Dremel will grind out the broken extractors