Console bracket questions
08-27-2013, 11:05 PM
#11
One Clean Machine
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That looks like it is in the "right" position to me... I don't think yours is too far forward. I will have to test it in different positions to see what holes line up but it seems your idea of brackets to make holes line up is the same idea that I had in mind.
If anyone is interested, I could take some pics and post (when I get the time to actually do the job
).
If anyone is interested, I could take some pics and post (when I get the time to actually do the job
).
09-08-2013, 08:29 PM
#12
So FINALLY got around to actually bolting the thing in today. I marked the holes and then took the seats out to make it easy. I don't think you could do it without taking the seats out, but for 4 bolts per seat, I didn't even try. The rear ones are about 5" long! I drilled the holes out with a step drill and then used a regular 5/16" bit to ream them to the proper size. 21/64" would have been better, but I haven't replaced my broken one yet. After I drilled them, I used the original jumpseat bolts and cranked them in with a ratchet and it really wasn't that difficult. The original bolts are very coarse thread and they are tapered at the tip so getting it started was easy.
Lessons learned for the next guy: 1) take the seats out first, then mark your holes while pushing down on the console to seat it against the floor. I realized this after I had drilled the first side, so I just had to stretch the holes in the plastic slightly to get the console really flush. If you look at the pix where the holes are drilled, they don't line up top to bottom with the stock holes; on the other side they do after I realized. You could just mark the holes for forward/aft and use the original hole to give you the height. 2) If you used a right angle drill and went from the back side of the bracket, you could see where the hole should have been and not had to mark anything, just center-punch it in the middle of the "bump" and have at it. I highlighted the area I am talking about in one of the pix. Although I didn't do it this way, on the other side, that is where my holes ended up...
Overall, a simple project.
Lessons learned for the next guy: 1) take the seats out first, then mark your holes while pushing down on the console to seat it against the floor. I realized this after I had drilled the first side, so I just had to stretch the holes in the plastic slightly to get the console really flush. If you look at the pix where the holes are drilled, they don't line up top to bottom with the stock holes; on the other side they do after I realized. You could just mark the holes for forward/aft and use the original hole to give you the height. 2) If you used a right angle drill and went from the back side of the bracket, you could see where the hole should have been and not had to mark anything, just center-punch it in the middle of the "bump" and have at it. I highlighted the area I am talking about in one of the pix. Although I didn't do it this way, on the other side, that is where my holes ended up...
Overall, a simple project.
09-08-2013, 08:34 PM
#13
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Congrats, you'll like the console soo much better over the jumpseat!
09-08-2013, 08:54 PM
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09-08-2013, 08:58 PM
#17
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09-08-2013, 09:05 PM
#18
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Man, I'm glad mine already had the holes drilled! Lol
I just pulled the seat out and the console on and holes lined up. Slid seat forward to get at rear bolts and all the way back for the fronts.
You will love it, one of the best mods for me!
I just pulled the seat out and the console on and holes lined up. Slid seat forward to get at rear bolts and all the way back for the fronts.
You will love it, one of the best mods for me!
