Issue removing rear seat...

[Raditz]

Hello! I'm currently in the process of converting my '94 to tan leather. I got everything swapped in but I can't get the gosh-darn rear seatbelt guides off of the rear seat. Those damn things are torqued in there so brutally. I broke my hand-torx set into pieces trying to bust them loose. Sadly, 2 of them are now stripped pretty bad. I'm going to try drilling into the stripped bolts and pulling them off but I guess my question is: Where can I find replacement bolts, or equivalent?

[meissen]

Try getting some of the PB Blaster at Murrays or Autozone. It helps the rust bond that bolts get. That bolt is going straight through the floorpan and if I'm picturing the bolt you're talking about correctly then it's exposed to the road grime under the car - chances are the bolt's rusted to the floorpan. I remember it was a real pain in the arse to get mine out.

[Phantom409]

Drilling the heads will get the belt off but like B said if they are exsposed to the outside then you are going to need something to get the rust off.

You could try a wire brush on the bottom side to get the rust off.

[1BADAIR]

you might be able to get an allen socket to hold. yeah the lock tight there sucks. can't heat them due to the seat cover

[Raditz]

I gave a fairly vague description, my apologies. I'm talking about the actual seat belt guide of the rear seatback. The black plastic guides on each side are on the seat SO tight they can't be moved. I read up a bit and found out that GM torqued the seatbelt apparatuses to hell to avoid loosening up and potential lawsuits.

[BP_Z28]

good to know info for when I take mine out

[MORNINGSTAR2101]

i didnt have an issue removing mine, but i have a much newer car. but, with bolts that did give me trouble, that PB blaster worked quite well

[PFormula96]

yeah i had alot of issues trying to get mine out when i had my camaro..i ended up stripping a few also! But im not a 100% sure how i ended up getting mine out. I got most out with using a 1/2 drive just reduced down to fit my torex bit. But for the stripped out ones, good luck! Each one is always different on how to fix it! But i believe i have extra of those bolts and the guides, so if ya end up needing some let me know.