Springs for under the seat

[Scotty Dive]

If the bolt is pressed in the seat slide then surely the rubber piece should screw off the bolt or how was it assembled to start with? :confused3:

He** if I know.....They both just spin????? - I figured an 2 minute swap out but no luck.

 

[normde2001]

It appears to me you pop the tops off those hollow bumpers and remove the nut from inside.

 

[careyo63]

Your springs on the 2020 are twice as long as my 2000? And looking at the bumpers I added there just about the same height now. Luckily the Bolt Head was easy to get to but I had to go through the top of my Springs and get to the nut. When I got it off it sure didn't take much to collapse them being so short and thats why I added new bumpers.

 

[clemsonfor]

I have a thread where i put them on my YM2000. Took me all of 10 mins i unbolted the old springs and used the same bolts to bolt the used set of lawnmower springs i bought in place. gives a definite cushion. Why dont you just take a grinder to the rubber and then drill that flat steel out to the bolt size then tap it or just drill it and put a bolt through and nut on the bottom? would not take 20 mins and WAY better ride.

Im like winston do they not just screw in with a bolt on the inside of the rubber?

 

[clemsonfor]

the springs i got were off an MTD mower i think? they were the same height or a bit taller than the rubber stops. they are not a super soft spring and dont bottom out but sure do cushion more than the rubber.

I had to use an extention and ratchet to go through the hollow rubber to grab the bolt head and then get the nut on the bottom with a wrench i beleive? Cut those rubber things off or just drill a 3/8 hole in the top and see if its hollow?

 

[clemsonfor]

here is my thread.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/yanmar/281870-seat-springs.html?highlight=

 

[careyo63]

On my 2000 just a Nut you have to go through the top. If no spring just a rubber bumper unsrcew It.

 

[Scotty Dive]

Against my better judgement I went forward. For those who follow - the risks are breaking off these studs and either have to weld a new stud to the slide or weld the spring in place and a 5 minute job turning into a royal pain the arse. In any event, I drilled the first one from the top but that didn't work. The hole I created would not allow a socket down in there. When I went to use a larger drill bit the rubber didn't cooperate and I barely enlarged the hole. I used a razor knife and split it down the side and removed the cushion that way. This proved a better way because the first nut and stud were very pitted and the original 14mm nut was somewhere in the 13mm range and I would have never been able to get it to come off. In fact some heat and a pipe wrench and it moved. One stud slightly bent but a couple new SS nuts and I think I am good to go. Thanks for all of the comments folks

 

[clemsonfor]

why didnt you just cut the stud flat with the plate and drill a hole and use a bolt with a nut on the bottom?

 

[clemsonfor]

good work though and the ride will be better!