‘86 110 front seat box alignment

congo181

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I’m having a right mare getting the two front bolts to line up with the chassis in the seat box. See photos.
The holes are M8 but is that what was in there I wonder? I’ve got a sneaking suspicion they’re all M6. Can anyone confirm?

This one went in with a wedge and a persuader.

but this one is nowhere near…

Any ideas? I’ve loosened all the rear screws, and the tub has to go where it is.
Cheers

 

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congo181 said:

I’m having a right mare getting the two front bolts to line up with the chassis in the seat box. See photos.
The holes are M8 but is that what was in there I wonder? I’ve got a sneaking suspicion they’re all M6. Can anyone confirm?

This one went in with a wedge and a persuader.
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but this one is nowhere near…
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Any ideas? I’ve loosened all the rear screws, and the tub has to go where it is.
Cheers

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What are the holes like in your chassis, are they not square? I'm pretty sure mine was fixed with plastics plugs in to which fitted big screws. I replaced my screws with stainless ones. I'll look for a picture.

 

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No, I can just see a bolt in this picture from my rebuild pictures

You can also see one of the big, cross head, screws I thought it was. I might have a few of those bolts left in the garage, I'll go and have a look.

 

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Hi Congo,
I've looked the part number up, it's FS106201L
6mm x 20mm
https://www.johncraddockltd.co.uk/fs106201l-set-screw-6mm-x-20mm.html

 

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So they’re M6 and not M8. I guess the 8mm hole
is to allow for some standard LR misalignment then. Thanks for that - most helpful. I appreciate it.

 

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congo181 said:

So they’re M6 and not M8. I guess the 8mm hole
is to allow for some standard LR misalignment then. Thanks for that - most helpful. I appreciate it.

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No bother mate. Here's a picture from the parts manual. I reckon it's part No14

It's a flanged bolt, so able to cope with the 8mm hole.