Rear Seat Bolts on 2014 RT-L

[sddinnh]

Well. after going to the local hardware store, Lowe's, Sears, and Walmart and not finding one of those neat twist ratchets, I ended up using a 1/4" drive, 10 mm socket, and an extremely short straight ratchet to kind of "inch" them in a quarter turn at a time. It took a while, but I got them. Pictures to follow when I can get home and offload then off my phone. Thanks for all the ideas guys, but I guess I just live far enough out in the boondocks that nobody appreciates good tools.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Well. after going to the local hardware store, Lowe's, Sears, and Walmart and not finding one of those neat twist ratchets,

I have no idea where I bought mine several years ago, but my Google search found only the one at Harbor Freight that I linked to.

 

[Bob Denman]

Well. after going to the local hardware store, Lowe's, Sears, and Walmart and not finding one of those neat twist ratchets, I ended up using a 1/4" drive, 10 mm socket, and an extremely short straight ratchet to kind of "inch" them in a quarter turn at a time. It took a while, but I got them. Pictures to follow when I can get home and offload then off my phone. Thanks for all the ideas guys, but I guess I just live far enough out in the boondocks that nobody appreciates good tools.

Glad to hear that you were able to, "Git 'r done!" :2thumbs:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Well. after going to the local hardware store, Lowe's, Sears, and Walmart and not finding one of those neat twist ratchets,

Look for Sidewinder ratchet. Amazon has some, as well as Aircraft Spruce and eBay. Aircraft Spruce has 1/4" and 1/2" drive versions available as well as the 3/8" drive. Another wrench much the same is the rotator ratchet by Stanley and Blackhawk. Those might be available locally. This is the kind of tool that seldom gets used, but when you have a need for it, it's great!

 

[mob133]

tools needed

as was said remove backrest and if you can locate a flexible socket extention its very easy.

I'm in the process of installing my Ultimate Seat. Anybody got an easy way to reach the rear seat bolts. I got them out ok and got everything transferred onto the new seat, but in trying to put the new seat on and get them back in, there's not enough room to get a wrench on them to tighten them :gaah:. I have them finger tight right now, but they're far from tightened down.