Looking to make rear bench seat quick release

[Joe Blaze]

Can anyone point to any threads involving making the rear bench seat some kind of quick-release? I want to remove the seat of my '71 Blazer sometimes to go to the store, and would rather not have to mess with wrenching the bolts out. I tried the search function, but i am not having much luck.
thanks

 

[yellowK20]

You could get the brackets and floor mounts from a later K5 or third seat in Burb and adapt them to your seat

 

[bp71k5]

You could try mine below, but it involves a good bit of work. The seat comes out in under 30 seconds though.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2948329


-Brian

 

[Joe Blaze]

You could try mine below, but it involves a good bit of work. The seat comes out in under 30 seconds though.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2948329


-Brian

that is some beautiful work, but i have never worked with tube and am probably a bit too lazy to start now. it is a brilliant design.

 

[ashman]

I like it bp71! I've been working on some ideas myself. your design is making me think in a whole new direction. nice work!

 

[lomboy]

I put the rear seats from a '07 tahoe in the back of my 1972 Jimmy. Found the mounting brackets on eBay. They work real good. I like them because they have the built in 3-point seatbelts. They can fold flat, tumble forward, or get removed altogether.

 

[Joe Blaze]

I am thinking of going with some design using these: https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productselection1.asp?Product=3050

I would put a tight tolerance washer under the tub below the threaded mounting hole. I could weld the washers to a piece of steel, and weld it to the under-body. Then, just drop the pins through the mounting brackets below the seats, and through the bed. When i want to remove the seats, just push the button on the pins, and pull them out of the brackets. i will take a look when we get a day with no rain around here.

 

[bigbadchev84]

I think you are wanting to use these in a way they werent intended. I am pretty sure those are made to be installed in a shear position like the pic I drew, dont laugh

Just think if you were ever in a rollover then your passnegers would solely be relying on those little balls to hold the seat into the truck and not the hardened shaft.

 

[Joe Blaze]

I think you are wanting to use these in a way they werent intended. I am pretty sure those are made to be installed in a shear position like the pic I drew, dont laugh

Just think if you were ever in a rollover then your passnegers would solely be relying on those little balls to hold the seat into the truck and not the hardened shaft.

After I read my post after i put it up, and looked at the photos of the pins some more, i thought the same thing. I do believe those pins were meant to be implemented in an application where they could withstand a shear force, rather than in a position where they would encounter a lateral pull and have to rely on the balls to hold.

Oh well, time to rethink the project.

 

[Greg72]

You really need a welder... (or a friend with one)

Things are a lot easier once you don't have to dream up "bolt-together" or off-the-shelf solutions.

Personally, I'd get a fold-and-tumble seat from a later K5 and cut out the section of floor where the latching mechanism is (assumes this is a junkyard find). Weld in the latch, and secure the front hinges to the floor securely and you're done.

In all but the most severe cases, a tumble-forward seat will give you all the space you'd need for moving large items. PLUS.....and most importantly, you won't have to lift the factory seat out every time you need to run errands. It gets old really quick....especially in a lifted truck. And the odds that you will eventually scratch the paint with the seat brackets is pretty high also.

Just my $.02

 

[Joe Blaze]

I upgraded to a MM211 last christmas, and am always looking for projects to weld up, but i dont want to cut up the floor of the truck. i am trying to find a solution leaving the truck pretty much stock.