swapping seats question for dummies - how do i remove old seats from sliders/risers?

phelan · 04-13-2009, 12:03 PM

Hey, just picked up a set of Rio Grande seats for my YJ, to replace the awful Back-Sweat-Inducing vinyl seats of hell.

The Rio Grande seats didn't come with any hardware, so my question is, as I'm looking at my current vinyl seats... how do I get to the front bolts for the front seats? It's obvious how I unbolt the rear bolts for the front seats...

Basically, is there a write-up for this? This should be pretty simple, I tried searching and didn't really find what I was looking for, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

TheRealOldjeep · 04-13-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan

Hey, just picked up a set of Rio Grande seats for my YJ, to replace the awful Back-Sweat-Inducing vinyl seats of hell.

The Rio Grande seats didn't come with any hardware, so my question is, as I'm looking at my current vinyl seats... how do I get to the front bolts for the front seats? It's obvious how I unbolt the rear bolts for the front seats...

Basically, is there a write-up for this? This should be pretty simple, I tried searching and didn't really find what I was looking for, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

On a 94 you slide the seat all the way forward to get out the 2 front torx screws and all the way back to remove the 2 in the back.

phelan · 04-13-2009, 01:07 PM

Do I have to totally remove all the hardware from the floor? I can get to the front torx screws fine but even if I slide the seats the back torx screws seem screwed in upside down?

TheRealOldjeep · 04-13-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan

Do I have to totally remove all the hardware from the floor? I can get to the front torx screws fine but even if I slide the seats the back torx screws seem screwed in upside down?

Nope. Just slide the seat forward and then the screws you need to remove will be pointing up. Same for the rear ones. The sliders will stay mounted to the seat bases.

I just pulled mine out a couple days ago to replace my stock seats.

you'll be left with this stuff mounted to the jeep. (passenger side)

phelan · 04-13-2009, 01:17 PM

OK, im gonna go check it out - you didnt shear any bolts did you? I gave it a shot at the front screws and they wouldn't budge at all when I tried. Thanks for the help brotha

TheRealOldjeep · 04-13-2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan

OK, im gonna go check it out - you didnt shear any bolts did you? I gave it a shot at the front screws and they wouldn't budge at all when I tried. Thanks for the help brotha

Didn't break any, they were all pretty tight but came out ok.