Date:         Sat, 13 Jun 1998 17:23:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <cdes@WELCHLINK.WELCH.JHU.EDU>
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From:         Sudhir Desai <cdes@WELCHLINK.WELCH.JHU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: quick release hex-bolt for seat idea
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>  maybe use rivets that have the same shaft dia. as the hex bolt, and drill
>  a hole thru the tip of the rivet and put a cotter pin thru it? >>
>
> Hey All,
>
>           If anyone knows the diameter of that bolt, it shouldn't be too hard
> to locate a quick release pin like the ones used on cheap jackstands and
> such....my .02 too....
>
> ________________________________________
> Scott De Santi                             Alaska Bound
> 86 Vanagon (NHG+Rs)                  Gonna Buy A
> 85 Jetta (AWP+C)                        New Bug!!!!!!!!!
> 74 Dasher (RIP)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------


scott,
what's the dia on the cheap jackstand pins?

another idea,
for a something that owuld maybe look sturdier, maybe not as easy to take
off, and harder to make, a connector like on a distributor cap.  a
half-turn j-hook with a heavy spring? and notch out part of the hole so
the hook would go thru, and then a heavy spring, and all you'd need to
undo it was a hefty flat screwdriver?

my additional $.02 worth.  hey if somebody gave me $.02 for every time i
said this maybe i'd be rich. (sorry, bad joke and it isn't even friday)



Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
sudhir_desai@geocities.com              1997 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 liter I-6

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