The drivers seat is not shown installed because I cross-threaded the last nut on the last stud I tightened. Completely stripped out the nut and stud. On these the studs are welded to the support brace. To fix it "correctly" I would probably need to remove the carpet, remove the brace weld in a new stud, weld the brace back in and re-install the carpet. Let me think about that for a minute ......... NO. The offending stud (before carpet):
After carpet (it's stripped in this pic but you can't see it well)
I drilled straight through the stud using progressively larger bits and also drilled a hole through the floor pan under the brace:
Once I was to the point shown above, I busted the stud off with a vice grip. Next step was to take the 1" hole saw and cut an access hole in the floor pan:
Here we see the bottom of the stud. It looked to be well anchored and decently centered, so I used some grade 8 hardware and mounted the seat. The stud head looked to be about 3/4" in diameter and 1/4" thick. I'm guessing the resulting repair is about as strong as the original arrangement.
After carpet (it's stripped in this pic but you can't see it well)
I drilled straight through the stud using progressively larger bits and also drilled a hole through the floor pan under the brace:
Once I was to the point shown above, I busted the stud off with a vice grip. Next step was to take the 1" hole saw and cut an access hole in the floor pan:
Here we see the bottom of the stud. It looked to be well anchored and decently centered, so I used some grade 8 hardware and mounted the seat. The stud head looked to be about 3/4" in diameter and 1/4" thick. I'm guessing the resulting repair is about as strong as the original arrangement.
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