Tool or Wrench for Seat Removal

wildbill23c · Sep 17, 2016

Does anyone know what wrench or tool is needed to get those stupid bolts out of the seats in a 1993 Ford Explorer? The bolts that hold the front of the seats in were 1/2", got to the back and realized the rear bolts are some form of a Torx bit I assume but I've never seen a Torx bit that large, and of course I don't own one so I wasted a trip to the pick a part today as a result and in the process got all the way back home and realized I left one of my tool pouches over there which is full of all the socket & bit adapters :bawling:

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Doofy · Sep 17, 2016

Thought they were a #50 Torx. Could be wrong.

wildbill23c · Sep 17, 2016

IDK, but hoping someone didn't grab them as I'm going to take some other tools and get them tomorrow if they are still there. And hope my tool bag is still in there, it must have fallen under the other seat.

JoshT · Sep 17, 2016

It's a Torx. Been a while since I pulled any, but I want to say it's either a T50 or a T55. I've got both and I want to say that one sizeof for the seats and the other is for bed bolts, but can't recall which is which.

wildbill23c · Sep 17, 2016

JoshT said:
It's a Torx. Been a while since I pulled any, but I want to say it's either a T50 or a T55. I've got both and I want to say that one sizeof for the seats and the other is for bed bolts, but can't recall which is which.

I don't have either, so I guess I'll throw the easy out in and get them out that way LOL. I have all sorts of bolts, may try the hardware store tomorrow before heading over and see if they have any larger torx bits than the sets I have.

ericbphoto · Sep 18, 2016

The auto parts places have those. Advance even carries Gear wrench brand. Avoid the cheap ones. They will round off when trying to get really stuck fasteners loose.

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wildbill23c · Sep 18, 2016

ericbphoto said:
The auto parts places have those. Advance even carries Gear wrench brand. Avoid the cheap ones. They will round off when trying to get really stuck fasteners loose.

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Auto parts stores here in town don't have a clue, just took my easy out set over and got the seats out. However in doing so I found something out about the new Dewalt 20V tools...I managed to get 4 bad batteries and 2 bad chargers, I'm far from impressed with them right now, luckily I brought along my 10 year old 18V tools they got the job done.

Just a warning don't leave home trusting your new 20V Dewalt tools you may wind up getting extremely pissed off and throwing them when the supposedly freshly charged battery is actually dead.

Doofy · Sep 18, 2016

My go-to tools are the 18 volt Makita impact driver and the 1/2" drill. Never been a Dewalt can. Glad the easy-outs worked.

wildbill23c · Sep 18, 2016

Doofy said:
My go-to tools are the 18 volt Makita impact driver and the 1/2" drill. Never been a Dewalt can. Glad the easy-outs worked.

My 18V Dewalt tools have been flawless, last year the batteries started failing, but that was with 8 years of hard every day use with them, so it was understandable. I may just take them all down to batteries plus and have them rebuilt for $40 each and have the larger capacity cells put in them.

We use Makita at work and they work great as well, but seems like a better selection of Dewalt stuff here so that's why I've stuck with Dewalt.

Easy out worked great, I'll figure out the bolt replacement later, all I wanted was to at least get the seats while they were still there. Got both front seats for $39, pretty good deal, one of the seats has a seat cover still on it, looked like both seats probably did at one point as they are in really good shape, a bit dirty which is easy to take care of with some cleaning. They match the interior of my B2 which is why I wanted them.

JoshT · Sep 18, 2016

Did you manage to recover your lost tools?

wildbill23c · Sep 18, 2016

Nope, they were of course already gone by the time I got back there today. No huge loss they were cheap HF stuff, but still, money out of my pocket.

ericbphoto · Sep 18, 2016

That's a pain. I hate losing tools - any tools. I'm kind of OCD about that.

The JY's I go to around here have wheelbarrows for customers to use. I get one every time and keep my tool bags in the wheelbarrow until I leave. Take a tool out to get a part. Then put it right back in the bag. If I loan a tool, I stand right beside the people using it until they're finished.

Yes. I'm a bit nuts.

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JoshT · Sep 18, 2016

Don't feel bad about that. I'm not good with tools at home, but when at the P-N-P I'm anal about it.

Don't have any local P-N-Ps, but there are a few out of town that I visit once or twice a year. It's about a 2 hour drive to the nearest one, and about a half hour between each of the three, so I don't really have enough time to find what I'm after. I won't loan tools, and I act like a grumpy asshole (not difficult) while there to discourage anyone from asking. I hate being that way, but I don't know anyone there, and will probably never see them again.

I won't even use the provided wheelbarrows. They are about useless. The ones with solid tires are always in use, and the ones with pneumatic tires are always nearly flat. Instead my dad has a 4 wheeled cart that he uses for his generators. Normally it's unused so I borrow it, so much nicer to drag it around. Could stand to have slightly larger tires, but it's free to use and does the job.

wildbill23c · Sep 18, 2016

I will have to replace the tools I lost, but not as concerned about that right now, so many other things to worry about and deal with LOL. Course now that I've lost those tools I'll need them for something in the near future, otherwise if I still had them they'd sit in the toolbox forever.

The Pick A Parts here have pretty descent wheelbarrows all with flat free tires, but one of those wagons with big tires would sure be nice though.

Mark_88 · Sep 18, 2016

wildbill23c said:
My 18V Dewalt tools have been flawless, last year the batteries started failing, but that was with 8 years of hard every day use with them, so it was understandable. I may just take them all down to batteries plus and have them rebuilt for $40 each and have the larger capacity cells put in them.

We use Makita at work and they work great as well, but seems like a better selection of Dewalt stuff here so that's why I've stuck with Dewalt.

Easy out worked great, I'll figure out the bolt replacement later, all I wanted was to at least get the seats while they were still there. Got both front seats for $39, pretty good deal, one of the seats has a seat cover still on it, looked like both seats probably did at one point as they are in really good shape, a bit dirty which is easy to take care of with some cleaning. They match the interior of my B2 which is why I wanted them.

If you can rebuild a Ranger you can replace the batteries in your drill packs. I watched a youtube presentation a few years ago and it showed how to remove, test, and replace the rechargeable batteries on any drill (that uses the removable style).

Not hard at all...but it also gave me an idea on how to revive old batteries...once they hit below a certain voltage they won't charge...and you can bring them back up to the charging level with a car battery...

There is a risk of them blowing up...low but possible...but I did mine with about ten feet of wire and hid behind the tailgate...lol...it worked with no explosion...

But...I also found a complete drill and batteries at the yard sale store nearby...which was a bonus!

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