Why is it that GM always finds a way to make jobs more difficult then they need to be?

Anyways im pulling the rear seats out of my camaro, i have the split bucket fold down seats. Took the seat pieces out no problem (actually found 3 bucks under the seats..score!). Went and took off the bolt for the back pieces and it seems that the 2 back pieces are connected by a plastic bar that runs on top of the drive shaft tunnel but under the carpet. Is there any way to disconnect the seats from that bar or is my best bet to make a cut in the carpet?

 

Just take both nuts off the back seats and then the seat backs pull out of the bar that is rivited to the floor. There's just a plastic bushing in the seat that the bar goes into if i remember correctly.

 

yeah got the bolts off on either side of the seat that wasnt an issue and they pull forward but there is a plastic bar in the middle of the two seats that runs under the carpet that appears to be glued to the seat.....

 

Ah, I didn't have that in my 87.

 

Hey....I took out my seats a long time ago, but I about to put in new carpet. I want to remove that plastic bar that goes over the drive shaft. How do you guys remove it without doing damage? Can you just hammer it out?

 

they just pull off that bar.

if you want the bar removed......then pull the carpet up and drill out the 2 rivets that holds it down. hope this helps.

 

they dont just pull off the bar the stupid thing appears to be glued to the seat...how am i gonna get that stupid thing out.....

 

They do pull out.. it's just a pin.. I pulled mine out just a couple of weeks ago.. it does "grip" a little.. requires a little tugging.. especialyl if you have not had em out before.

 

youre right im an idiot, they looked like they were glued in, i just wasnt pulling hard enough theyre out now though.

On a similar topic anyone have advice on what to do about the unsightly bracket that sticks up out of the floor for the bottom part of the seat...? I assume cutting it out and buying a new carpet is more or less the only option

 

I left the bar in on mine, the new carpet covers it and it dosn't look odly shaped or anything. I may drill out the rivets soon though.