Bucket seat side mounts don't sit straight

[Iain]

What the hell is going on here. New Corbeau bucket seats, new 3pc alloy side mounts. L brackets are straight and 90 degrees. Mounts are bolted directly to the seat.

Only one of them lines up, the rest are either twisted in/out and/or slanted.

Pics are on one slab, assumed straight.

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/Sidemounts/Mount1.JPG

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/Sidemounts/Mount2.JPG

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/Sidemounts/Mount3.JPG

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/Sidemounts/Mount4.JPG

[jonn]

it looks like the plastic thing for the harness to go through in the way

[Sloth]

either the bucket is twisted or the bracket. warm and reshape, do not over heat em...

[R1CH]

How do the upright bits attatch to the lower sections ?

[Iain]

They fit using two 8mm nuts and bolts through the holes horizontally.

I've tried without the plastic harness bit on and it's still mis-shapen. In fact the one that lines up is the one with a harness bit on.

Can't see how two new buckets will be twisted? It's a case of the way the bracket sits against the seat isn't perfectly vertical.

[R1CH]

So you haven't got the bolts fitted in the pics ?
If not then get them fitted and tightened up, i'm sure it'll all pull together fine.

[burgo]

iain in those pics are the mounts bolted to the seats tightly?

[Iain]

They weren't mega tight but nipped up. I've managed to mount them by bolting the upright sections to the rails and then bolting them to the seat. I guess this is what a normal 1piece mount would do anyway.

All on and seem to be ok, I've used a washer or two between the mount and the seat to give them a chance to bolt in straight without pressing against the seat. :)

I guess this was a stupid thread as I hadn't looked in to it properly :roll:

[burgo]

not stupid at all as you wont be the first or last person to get confused by the problem.