Seat Belt Torx 50 Bolts

Try any pb blaster, wd 40ish product in the proper places but...I've had em where even a cheater pipe on my ratchet..no go. May need a heating with a torch use much, much care. Making sure carpet peeled way back as well as the rubber mat. later jp-also smack the bolt with a brass drift or the like b4 trying the heat but they can be tough

hey bobby-you might also clamp on to the part of the bolt that sticks thru the floor with vise grips and counterclockwise it while counterclockwiseing(sp?)your ratchet inside-may need a helper with you. good luck jp ps what are you up to-removing these-changing seats?

I'm not changing seats....there's water under carpet...I've got all the seats out but the drivers seat.The bolt are recessed down in a capped hole about an inch down..so it would be difficult to get vice grips on...I put the torx socket on an extension...but all it's doing is twisting the end of the torx....I'll blast it with something.I'm gonna paint the ugly lite color seats carpet ,door panels and headliner.There's grease stains all over them. Thanks! Bobby

bobby-do those bolts stick thru the floor where, what I meant was that under the floorboard putting the visegrips on the underside and turning it counterclockwise whole someone else(unless you can do both)turns the ratchet from above. good luck jp

If the stick through the floor and you can see them under the truck, I would heat them with a propane torch VERY CAREFULLY. The reason you likely can't break them loose is because of rust over the years and a little too much thread lock used when installed.

These bolts are tough to remove without heat. I suspect they use loc-Tite at the factory but don't know for sure.

- Regards Gordie

Hmm, I always found those nuts attached to the sheet metal on the underside. Have you found out something else? It wound sure be handy because you could just zip them off with a grinder and replace the bolt and nut.

- Regards Gordie

On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:11:21 -0500, The Nolalu Barn Owl

Yeah , i've not had an easy one to remove, but your idea of grinding off what does stick out and 'asap' get that bolt out while the heat of the grid is still there sounds like what i'll try for my next one.