P1000 Removing rear seats.

[Fomocowboy]

I ran a search and was surprised to not find a previous thread on how to remove the rear seat back padding. I very, very rarely have passengers in the back but every time I do, the rear seats are filthy, I'd just as soon take them out and kept clean and just put them back in when I need them. I know the seat bottoms just pull out, but how do you get the seat backs attached to the underside of the bed out?

 

[ohanacreek]

I ran a search and was surprised to not find a previous thread on how to remove the rear seat back padding. I very, very rarely have passengers in the back but every time I do, the rear seats are filthy, I'd just as soon take them out and kept clean and just put them back in when I need them. I know the seat bottoms just pull out, but how do you get the seat backs attached to the underside of the bed out?

Four bolts two on each seat, where the seat hinges.

You will also need to get underneath the bed, and remove the strut that assists in slowing the seat back down when it is being lowered.

If you take the rear seats and the rear seatbelts out it sheds about 100 pounds of weight.

The bed will not dump without the rear seats down, so you will need to remove the safety latch in the middle that prevents the bed from dumping with the seats up, it can be replaced so set it aside and save it.

 

[ohanacreek]

It gives you a lot of other options as well...

 

[Fomocowboy]

It gives you a lot of other options as well...

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I'm not wanting to take the whole bed floor out, just remove the seat backs from the bed floor.

What are those, like action packers on their place?

 

[ohanacreek]

Oh ...the screws in the bed floor let you remove the seat backs

Milwaukee Packout baseplates.

 

[Fomocowboy]

Oh ...the screws in the bed floor let you remove the seat backs

Milwaukee Packout baseplates.

Thanks! I wasn't sure if that released the seats or released the plastic bed floor from the metal frame, and they're pretty tight so I figured I'd leave them alone until I found out.

 

[ohanacreek]

Thanks! I wasn't sure if that released the seats or released the plastic bed floor from the metal frame, and they're pretty tight so I figured I'd leave them alone until I found out.

It is a mix but only the ones opposite the seat will remove the seat

 

[JenElio]

Ok so I was just looking into this last night. Im wanting to add some anchor/hooks in place of them screws that hold the seat back rest, but there are two screws that seem to have a nut on the other end. But with out taking the seat back off I cant reach said nuts. Am I doing or not doing somt'n right here?

 

[Tommyp]

I used two of the seat bolts to install some tie downs in the bed. There was a threaded hole an the seat frame that the bolt went thru with a acorn nut on the end to protect the occupants front the threads that came thru the frame.