Seat hinges

[scottyb]

Original seats have T nuts or threaded inserts put in from the top side before the upholstery is installed. Don't use lags in the wood they have few threads and will work loose rather quickly. Use machine threads (1/4 20)and drill a proper size hole for the bolts to thread in. Use large (3/16) pop rivets in the body.

[kellybell]

But the upholstery is already in. Can I put the t nuts in from the exposed side?

[kellybell]

I just took a look at the hardware store at T nuts. Yup, not gonna work, as my seat is already upholstered.

[kellybell]

OK, I just thought of another way:

bolt the frame side of the hinge on wherever they seem to go, maybe 4 inches from the edge of the seat.

place a daub of epoxy on the face of the other hinge, the one for the seat.

assemble the hinge.

set the seat on top of the hinge assembly. Position it appropriately

let the epoxy cure

CAREFULLY remove the seat and install screws to secure the seat hinge.

What do you guys think? I think this is my fav idea yet. And no lipstick!

[scottyb]

Well that might work but, murphy's law might prevail and you wind up gluing the hinges together or the seat to the cart!

[kellybell]

LOL.......

[scottyb]

Originally Posted by kellybell

LOL.......

You laugh now - Murphy lurks... waiting for the moment he can SCEW UP the most important step of a project....

[DOOmsman]

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drill proper holes for tee nut and a slightly larger hole to fish the tee nuts in an over to the holes.

Originally Posted by DOOmsman

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drill proper holes for tee nut and a slightly larger hole to fish the tee nuts in an over to the holes.

that's a good idea except the foam gets in the way ... unstaple the cover where you need to insert t-nuts and then re-staple cover back when done

[sowilliams]

Why not just pull the staples out holding the vinyl down in the area in front of where the hinges go , slid the t-nuts in and re-staple the upholstery.