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sam(at)fr8dog.net
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:03 am Post subject: Removing the front seats

Just finished installing the interior, but now I need to crawl under the panel again. How do I remove the front seats without removing the rear carpet and flap drive cover? That's a lot of work! I think someone had a solution back a year or so ago, but I couldn't locate it in the archives.

 Thanks!

 Sam Marlow

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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:03 am Post subject: Removing the front seats

I remember someone saying that they filed/ground down the back of the seat that rides on the rails so it would pass the flap cover.  I haven’t done that.  I always just remove the flap cover.  The other option, depending on what you need to do, is slide the seat back and do your thing with it back.  I can get up under the panel by just sliding the seat as far back as it can go, lean the seat back, and get up under there.  I am 6’1”, 230 Lbs, so it is not comfortable, but it works.  

   

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Jesse Saint  

Saint Aviation, Inc.  

jesse(at)saintaviation.com (jesse(at)saintaviation.com)  

www.saintaviation.com  

Cell: 352-427-0285  

Fax: 815-377-3694  

        

  

From: Sam Marlow [mailto:sam(at)fr8dog.net] 

 Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 12:02 PM

 To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com

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Just finished installing the interior, but now I need to crawl under the panel again. How do I remove the front seats without removing the rear carpet and flap drive cover? That's a lot of work! I think someone had a solution back a year or so ago, but I couldn't locate it in the archives.

 Thanks!

 Sam Marlow  [quote]  http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV10-Listhttp://forums.matronics.com [b]

Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2881

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: Removing the front seats

It takes a little work, but it's possible.  What you do is to trim a 

bevel into that nylon slide runner on the seat side of the rails.

You trim it on the front side of the rails, so that when you pull

the seat latch off and slide it all the way back, there's enough

slop that you can tip the back of the seat upwards.  It's much

harder to explain than to see...but it's just loosening up the first

3/4" or so of that nylon glide.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying



Sam Marlow wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   Just finished installing the interior, but now I need to crawl under the 

 panel again. How do I remove the front seats without removing the rear 

 carpet and flap drive cover? That's a lot of work! I think someone had a 

 solution back a year or so ago, but I couldn't locate it in the archives.

 Thanks!

 Sam Marlow

 

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sam(at)fr8dog.net
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

Thanks Jesse, I'll try that first.

 

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I remember someone saying that they filed/ground down the back of the seat that rides on the rails so it would pass the flap cover.  I haven’t done that.  I always just remove the flap cover.  The other option, depending on what you need to do, is slide the seat back and do your thing with it back.  I can get up under the panel by just sliding the seat as far back as it can go, lean the seat back, and get up under there.  I am 6’1”, 230 Lbs, so it is not comfortable, but it works.   

    

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Jesse Saint   

Saint Aviation, Inc.   

jesse(at)saintaviation.com (jesse(at)saintaviation.com)   

www.saintaviation.com   

Cell: 352-427-0285   

Fax: 815-377-3694   

         

   

From: Sam Marlow [mailto:sam(at)fr8dog.net (sam(at)fr8dog.net)] 

   Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 12:02 PM

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Just finished installing the interior, but now I need to crawl under the panel again. How do I remove the front seats without removing the rear carpet and flap drive cover? That's a lot of work! I think someone had a solution back a year or so ago, but I couldn't locate it in the archives.

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sam(at)fr8dog.net
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

Thanks Tim, do you have a pic by chance on your website?

Tim Olson wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 It takes a little work, but it's possible.  What you do is to trim a 

 bevel into that nylon slide runner on the seat side of the rails.

 You trim it on the front side of the rails, so that when you pull

 the seat latch off and slide it all the way back, there's enough

 slop that you can tip the back of the seat upwards.  It's much

 harder to explain than to see...but it's just loosening up the first

 3/4" or so of that nylon glide.

 Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying

 Sam Marlow wrote:

> Just finished installing the interior, but now I need to crawl under 

> the panel again. How do I remove the front seats without removing the 

> rear carpet and flap drive cover? That's a lot of work! I think 

> someone had a solution back a year or so ago, but I couldn't locate 

> it in the archives.

> Thanks!

> Sam Marlow

>

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wvu(at)ameritel.net
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

Nah, not that much work.  A pointy exacto carves the nylon away nicely. 

Just pull the seat back as far as it will go. Look at the front side of the 

seat rails and carve away the nylon portion that's preventing the seat back 

from coming up.



Anh



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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2881

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

Yeah, I exaggerated a bit when I made it sound like work.  The worst

part was pulling the seats in and out to test the cuts made with the

exacto.  And, unless you want to end up like Stein, you have to

be careful with those Exacto knives! 



I believe Anh, for those who missed it long ago, was the originator

of the "fix" by trimming.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying

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DejaVu wrote:

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 Nah, not that much work.  A pointy exacto carves the nylon away nicely. 

 Just pull the seat back as far as it will go. Look at the front side of 

 the seat rails and carve away the nylon portion that's preventing the 

 seat back from coming up.

 

 Anh

 

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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

This was the fix I was referring to and just got the detail wrong.  I think this fix is better than the one I erroneously described.



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Jesse Saint

Saint Aviation

jesse(at)saintaviation.com

C: 352-427-0285

F: 815-377-3694

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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

This was the fix I was referring to and just got the detail wrong.  I think this fix is better than the one I erroneously described.



Do not archive.



Jesse Saint

Saint Aviation

jesse(at)saintaviation.com

C: 352-427-0285

F: 815-377-3694

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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
Guest

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

This was the fix I was referring to and just got the detail wrong.  I think this fix is better than the one I erroneously described.



Do not archive.



Jesse Saint

Saint Aviation

jesse(at)saintaviation.com

C: 352-427-0285

F: 815-377-3694

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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
Guest

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

This was the fix I was referring to and just got the detail wrong.  I think this fix is better than the one I erroneously described.



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Jesse Saint

Saint Aviation

jesse(at)saintaviation.com

C: 352-427-0285

F: 815-377-3694

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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
Guest

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: Removing the front seats

This was the fix I was referring to and just got the detail wrong.  I think this fix is better than the one I erroneously described.



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Jesse Saint

Saint Aviation

jesse(at)saintaviation.com

C: 352-427-0285

F: 815-377-3694

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sam(at)fr8dog.net
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:19 am Post subject: Removing the front seats

Thanks for the response!

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DejaVu wrote:

[quote] 



 Nah, not that much work.  A pointy exacto carves the nylon away 

 nicely. Just pull the seat back as far as it will go. Look at the 

 front side of the seat rails and carve away the nylon portion that's 

 preventing the seat back from coming up.



 Anh



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sam(at)fr8dog.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:21 am Post subject: Removing the front seats

Thanks!

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Jesse Saint wrote:

[quote] 



 This was the fix I was referring to and just got the detail wrong.  I think this fix is better than the one I erroneously described.



 Do not archive.



 Jesse Saint

 Saint Aviation

 jesse(at)saintaviation.com

 C: 352-427-0285

 F: 815-377-3694

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jesse(at)saintaviation.co
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:31 am Post subject: Removing the front seats

OK, so last night when my phone was telling me that it couldn't send the

message, I guess it lied.  Sorry for all of the e-mails.



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Jesse Saint

Saint Aviation, Inc.

jesse(at)saintaviation.com

www.saintaviation.com

Cell: 352-427-0285

Fax: 815-377-3694

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