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How to remove front seat floor bolts in 2024 Prime XSE Premium

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Rordon Gamsay, Mar 17, 2024.

  1. Rordon Gamsay

    Rordon Gamsay New Member

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    New to this, question in title.

    Tried removing driver front seat floor bolts today with a T50 and a socket wrench but it wouldn't budge. Does it have thread locker? Can I use WD-40? Any way without using heat? Do I need an impact tool to remove it? Scared of breaking something or stripping it.
     
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    Why? (Just curious)
     
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    Is there a nut that should be remove from under the car?
    For my memory, I don't recall many front seat attachments being bolts, that thread into a floor pan/ metal.
    As for heat, if blue Loctite, you could safely try a heated soldering iron place on the bolt head or shaft.
    And from memory toque is usually around 35 ft lbs.....and counter clockwise to loosen :) is the standard.
    Best guess, look under the car at the attachment and/ or search for a parts diagram.
    Good luck.
     
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    Leadfoot J. McCoalroller Senior Member

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    Careful, those are safety items.

    To guarantee proper performance in a collision they need to be torqued pretty precisely. I don't happen to know the rules for bolt re-use.

    The answers to all of that and more...
     
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    The OP removed the driver's seat to try and install a powered sub underneath it. I'm pretty sure they figured out how to remove the front seat on their own from the pictures in another thread.

    FYI, both front seats are secured by four bolts with T50 heads, and they're torqued to 37Nm/27ftlb. The reassembly instructions do not call for locktite, but they are supposed to be torqued using a cross pattern.