Removing front seat in a 2005 TJ Wrangler??

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I wanted to temporarily remove the front seat in my 2005 Wrangler Sport so I figured I would check this out on the web, Turns out that if you own a TJ from 2002 or older, this information is easily found. 2003 and higher seems to some kind of deep dark secret!!

As I look at my seat hardware I see 6 bolts connecting the actual seat to the riser - with seemingly no way to get at them! There are also 4 bolts holding the riser down. The nuts that attach to them seem to be inaccessible underneath.

So........how do you DO this?? THANKS!!!!!

Jeeper · Accepted Answer

the 4 bolts go thru the body...get a socket and off ya go!

sgswest · Answer

Boy, they sure don't seem to on mine!  The bolt ends I see under theredo not line up with the ones holding the riser in place.Jeeper wrote:

Matt Macchiarolo · Answer

Have you tried to unbolt them? They should be bolted to captured nuts under the floorpan, two of them are not viible under the vehicle because they bolt to a sheetmetal "riser" on top of the floorpan.

sgswest · Answer

Three of the four bolts up top have half-inch heads that don't budge when a wrench is used. The fourth on has a TORX head. Since the others don't move and I cannot find the nuts I haven't tried the TORX head bolt. I don't have much experience with all this. Is there a web page you know of that explains and maybe SHOWS how to do this so dummies like me can figure it out??? I googled all morning without success! THANKS! SS

Matt Macchiarolo wrote:

Matt Macchiarolo · Answer

Sounds about right. You need a longer wrench.

Mike Romain · Answer

You need a bigger wrench.... They use welded in place hidden nuts on most body parts. They also use a thread sealer on most that I have seen.

I am not sure why they 'all' aren't torx though..... My seats are, but I have a CJ7.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail >

Earle Horton · Answer

Odd.  My YJ is held in with real hex head fasteners.Earle

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