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As many others have done, I snapped one of the studs that secure the seat to the frame. After some surgery with the trust Bowie, I removed the old stud and now have a "quarter - sized" hole. A washer/locking nut assembly still feels rather flimsy. My idea was to set the right sized bolt and then use something to both fill the hole and then set rigid, so as to hold the bolt. Epoxy ? Fiberglass repair? I even see Krazy Glue comes as a gel now... got me thinking. Any ideas? Anyone else try this? Thanks ahead of time.:fingers-crossed-emo

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I have had good luck with the two part puddy that you mix together till it turns grey especially the one for metal. However I did find some for plastic and used it to modify my passenger cup holder and it worked great. I'm pretty sure it was a J B Weld product but you can shape it and put it exactly where you want it. If you have the broken stud out of the seat pan this should work fine for installing another bolt as a stud.

 

 

PS while your picking up the puddy pick up a couple of nylon wing nuts to attach the seat with and you won't be breaking the studs.

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As many others have done, I snapped one of the studs that secure the seat to the frame. After some surgery with the trust Bowie, I removed the old stud and now have a "quarter - sized" hole. A washer/locking nut assembly still feels rather flimsy. My idea was to set the right sized bolt and then use something to both fill the hole and then set rigid, so as to hold the bolt. Epoxy ? Fiberglass repair? I even see Krazy Glue comes as a gel now... got me thinking. Any ideas? Anyone else try this? Thanks ahead of time.:fingers-crossed-emo

 

How about something like this? This came from a supplier at work but you can get them at hardware stores in varying sizes/lengths.

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That does look very similar to the bolt that came out, except the shaft without threads was not that thick, same size, and the head was square, but about the same size. Thanks, the plastic putty is now in "set mode" hoping to go for a spin this aft. Looks good so far.

 

 

:fingers-crossed-emo

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As many others have done, I snapped one of the studs that secure the seat to the frame. After some surgery with the trust Bowie, I removed the old stud and now have a "quarter - sized" hole. A washer/locking nut assembly still feels rather flimsy. My idea was to set the right sized bolt and then use something to both fill the hole and then set rigid, so as to hold the bolt. Epoxy ? Fiberglass repair? I even see Krazy Glue comes as a gel now... got me thinking. Any ideas? Anyone else try this? Thanks ahead of time.:fingers-crossed-emo

 

Check POR15 http://www.canada-por15.com/merchant.mvc? They're in Grimsby!:2cents:

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This is SO typical of me ..... attached the seat, snugged up the bolt and it starts spinning. At this point I realized, rounded headed bolt used. Ripped it out and NOW have a hex head bolt in its place, in the drying stage, but THIS WILL WORK! $12 in parts seems a lot better than $400 for a new seat.

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I think one or two of you guys lived in my house before me :whistling:..... if something takes 4 screws to mount it, it'll invariable have TWO KITTY CORNERED from each other. All over this house!

I'm one of those "if I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it right" type of dinosaurs. To sit on a loose seat would bother me to no end. Besides .... its the baby!

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I myself and I believe several other members don't attache the seat with nuts. If you are on it it isn't going anywhere. Just my $.02 :)

 

 

That is what I used to think also, till I had to trailer my trike. When I got to where I was going the seat was loose on the trailer deck. I don't do that anymore.

 

Ride safe, Bob

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Did you get some nylon wing nuts to attach the seat doesn't matter that there standard thread they will make new ones when you install them and you will never need a wrench to remove the seat.

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I made my own using the handle from a small screw driver about 2in long, drilled & tap new threads. The length makes it easy to get at with fingers.

 

Bob

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