16-02-2019, 01:44 PM
Not a good day.
Decided to have the driver's seat out to see if I could figure why the seat was creaking. All this time I've thought it was the frame.
First job was get the seat out. Easier said than done, because just like the 306, they stuck a stupid bolt front corner of the seat, up against the centre console, which a seat that won't move enough to get to it. You end up with an amalgamation of wobble bits and extensions, which normally make it easier, unless some idiot has been in there previously and rounded the head.
![[Image: IMG-20190216-131303.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/qCkpQpN/IMG-20190216-131303.jpg)
Awesome. Much, much huffing, puffing, swearing and generally having a whale of a time with a torx screwdriver and that bolt was out.
Moved onto the rear bolts. Much easier access,, but the one coming out of the sill felt odd, loose and floppy. I had a good idea what was wrong, confirmed by that horrible sound as the (non) captive nut dropped to the bottom of the sill. Marvellous. Seat out completely and I now know what the creaking was. The panel with the seat mount flexing.
![[Image: IMG-20190216-130230.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/rkyj2F7/IMG-20190216-130230.jpg)
So on the positive side, I don't need a new seat frame. On the negative side, I need the car welding.
And then I dropped my relatively new phone and cracked the screen. What a day and it's only 13:30.
Decided to have the driver's seat out to see if I could figure why the seat was creaking. All this time I've thought it was the frame.
First job was get the seat out. Easier said than done, because just like the 306, they stuck a stupid bolt front corner of the seat, up against the centre console, which a seat that won't move enough to get to it. You end up with an amalgamation of wobble bits and extensions, which normally make it easier, unless some idiot has been in there previously and rounded the head.
Awesome. Much, much huffing, puffing, swearing and generally having a whale of a time with a torx screwdriver and that bolt was out.
Moved onto the rear bolts. Much easier access,, but the one coming out of the sill felt odd, loose and floppy. I had a good idea what was wrong, confirmed by that horrible sound as the (non) captive nut dropped to the bottom of the sill. Marvellous. Seat out completely and I now know what the creaking was. The panel with the seat mount flexing.
So on the positive side, I don't need a new seat frame. On the negative side, I need the car welding.
And then I dropped my relatively new phone and cracked the screen. What a day and it's only 13:30.
Cherry Red Rallye - Full on OEM resto.....