How to remove and replace spring and retaining pin in seat frame rail?, Seeking advice... Found a Safe, Quick solution! Options

[seanpaulmc]

My seat rails are pretty fugly. They are solid and operate flawlessly. Bushings in good shape with no cracking observable. The paint, however, is the opposite of good. I'd like to get these cleaned up repainted or powder coated.

My concern and caution is that if I take the spring's retaining pin out then I won't be able to get it reassembled.

Can anyone share a method to R&R that retaining pin and spring, hopefully not needed a shop press?





Thank you,
Sean

[seanpaulmc]

Seat hinges lined up on the new floor pan and installed. Now I can try the spring removal from the seat frame rail on other side and see if this process really is this simple or if I just got stupidly lucky the first time around.






Here you can see the seat frame rail clamped to the corner of the table so that the lever arm can still articulate.



Push the lever
Slide the pin in against the end of the spring (It gets wedged in there with nowhere to go)
Release the lever
Use screw driver to unhook spring from around the roll pin
Use a punch to drive out the roll pin.

Yes! It really is this simple, safe, and takes minutes to disassemble.





Good luck folks and thanks again for the feedback.

Sean