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Seat track stop removal? #1 This topic is about my 1970 MG MGB
JohnTF John F Cleveland, Northeastern Ohio, USA Sign in to contact 1970 MG MGB 1970 MG MGB	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 3, 2015 12:59 PM Joined 12 years ago 1,361 Posts

Have some good and bad service, and a mix-- asking ten times for something specific, and somehow it is forgotten.

OK, rant of the day--

I know someone here must have tried removing the stop from the seat track to give a few more leg room inches.

Can you simply and easily, ;-), chop it off while it is still installed?

Doc wants me to replace one knee and the other had all four quads reattached, plus, I do not want to nick the paint getting in or out.

If I get the knee(s) done, I certainly will not be driving, and if I can't bend them to get in, the car will become an ornament ?

Thanks in advance,

Regards, John

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Re: Seat track stop removal? #4
Flint Richard Conroy Tucson, AZ, USA Sign in to contact 1971 MG MGB "Maggie" 1978 MG MGB MkIV	Jul 3, 2015 02:27 PM Joined 13 years ago 1,128 Posts

Apparently, over the years, MG used a few different methods as a stop. both my cars (71 and 78) have a bent tab on one rail as a stop, removable only with a hack saw. Apparently some have a separate bolted on part, and some just a spacer on a longer bolt. Perhaps the variations are not all factory issue.

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Re: Seat track stop removal? #5
JohnTF John F Cleveland, Northeastern Ohio, USA Sign in to contact 1970 MG MGB 1970 MG MGB	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 3, 2015 04:22 PM Joined 12 years ago 1,361 Posts

Thanks, I believe I see some blunt force in the car's future.

I just had the seats recovered, and afraid the guy forgot the half dozen times I asked him to remove this, it seems to be kind of square, may be a tab?

If I get it out, will try to post photos, seems a driving issue for the forum. ;-)

Regards, John

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Re: Seat track stop removal? #6
pngeezer Jim Fisher Fallston, MD, USA Sign in to contact	Jul 4, 2015 11:15 AM Joined 10 years ago 234 Posts

John,

Here's a (lousy) pic of the stop on my '80. It's a square with a bolt that goes thru the slide and has a not on the end to hold it. I used a 1/4" socket set and it's very easy to get off.

HTH, Jim

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Re: Seat track stop removal? #7
29desoto M Wayne Sanders Otis, OR, USA Sign in to contact 1965 MG MGB V6 Conversion "Carmine" 1973 MG MGB GT "Eliza - FIRST PLACE - MG2013" 1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie" 1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red"	Jul 4, 2015 12:20 PM Top Contributor Joined 13 years ago 13,098 Posts

Take them out! Then the next time you need to remove the seat, it will slide forward and backwards far enough to totally make the bolts a snap to install/remove.

Love that. And the seats can't really go anywhere. smiling bouncing smiley

Anytime I have a seat out, that stop is toast.

Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR
(TD 4288)

"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011

79/65 MGB - Carmine- V-6 - T-5

This car is now very nearly completely done. Sure to find something else, but not now.........And 12 years later, I'm starting to fix things that were new when we built the car. It's pretty well de-bugged!

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Re: Seat track stop removal? #8
JohnTF John F Cleveland, Northeastern Ohio, USA Sign in to contact 1970 MG MGB 1970 MG MGB	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 4, 2015 02:39 PM Joined 12 years ago 1,361 Posts

In reply to # 3029360 by 29desoto Take them out! Then the next time you need to remove the seat, it will slide forward and backwards far enough to totally make the bolts a snap to install/remove.

Love that. And the seats can't really go anywhere. smiling bouncing smiley

Anytime I have a seat out, that stop is toast.

Thanks, I asked several people who were taking the seats out for renewal, and some body work-- reminds me of my last teaching days in the local HS, never knew who was listening. ;-)

My bad knee will appreciate this for sure. I may have to have a cane clip attached, or finally get at least one replaced?

John

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Re: Seat track stop removal? #9
riley1489 Bruce H Great White North, QC, Canada Sign in to contact 1953 Jaguar XK120 1959 Riley 1.5 "King George" 1973 MG MGB	Jul 4, 2015 07:51 PM Top Contributor Joined 12 years ago 26,274 Posts

This is not difficult.
Here is a photo of the seat track with longer bolt and seat stop on the track.

This stop is secured with a number 10 machine screw, a 3/8" wrench for the nut. It is on outside seat track adjacent to the sill . Very accessible and easy to remove the stop.

Bruce

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?"

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Re: Seat track stop removal? #2
JohnTF John F Cleveland, Northeastern Ohio, USA Sign in to contact 1970 MG MGB 1970 MG MGB	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 3, 2015 01:19 PM Joined 12 years ago 1,361 Posts

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Gerry Gerry Masterman Prairieville, LA, USA Sign in to contact	Jul 3, 2015 02:21 PM Top Contributor Joined 24 years ago 25,964 Posts

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