Springs for under the seat

Scotty Dive · Aug 16, 2014

I bought these springs that are the exact size as the rubber "cushions" that are on the seat bracket to help cushion my ride. Well, I cannot for the life of
me see a way that is relatively easy to swap these in. If anyone wants them they can have them for the cost of shipping to your door.

normde2001 · Aug 16, 2014

Why won't they just bolt in where the rubber bumpers are?

TGeorge · Aug 17, 2014

normde2001 said:
Why won't they just bolt in where the rubber bumpers are?

They should bolt in. That's what I did on my YM1500. They fit right in and have worked great for several years now.

Scotty Dive · Aug 17, 2014

There is no way to get to the rubber stopper bolts. They are 1. Pressed on and 2. I would have to take the sliding rail apart for the seat assembly and knock the bolts out. And that does not look like it's an easy task. So I decided that my ride wasn't that bad with the rubber bumper stops.

kenmac · Aug 17, 2014

Scotty Dive said:
There is no way to get to the rubber stopper bolts. They are 1. Pressed on and 2. I would have to take the sliding rail apart for the seat assembly and knock the bolts out. And that does not look like it's an easy task. So I decided that my ride wasn't that bad with the rubber bumper stops.

It must be more difficult to remove the rubber bumpers on a 2020 than a 3110. My rubber bumpers were easy to remove

careyo63 · Aug 17, 2014

I went through about same problem after buying the 2000. To Cushion my ride and actually give me some lift from the Org. springs. That would just about collapse and bottom out just sitting on it. I used PVC. Freeze plugs to Cushion it. If I recall there's a small hole in the top of the Org. bumper of the one's I'm showing. Use a bolt that will fit in it using the Head in the Rubber Freeze plug and that will keep it in place. Mines been like that now for 6yrs. and I usally Mow with it so I often hit pretty hard. A couple dollar easy soloution.

normde2001 · Aug 17, 2014

I didn't follow any of the but can't believe it could be all that hard. I just removed the bumpers on my YM2000B and replaced with springs, same as many guys have done for many years on all models of Yanmars.

Scotty Dive · Aug 17, 2014

My cushion stops are part of the seat slide. The bolt for the rubber cushion which is pressed in is also unaccessable because the slide mechanism is two pieces and there doesn't seem a easy was to disassemble without damaging it. Clearly my 2020 is set up different than other YM's

winston1 · Aug 18, 2014

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:

Gary Fowler · Aug 18, 2014

winston1 said:
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:

That looks just like the seat on my previously owned Yanmar 4220D. You have to remove the whole blue/green frame from the tractor to remove the seat rail. I did that to replace the original seat on the 4220 with a suspension seat from Agri-supply for less than $100. It required some additional holes to be located and a piece of sheet metal at the rear to be removed so I could slide the new seat further back but when I finished, it was much more comfortable. If I had know about the springs, I may have just put them on rather than a new seat.