Help with seat!

The bolts under the seat can be replaced. They're carriage bolts that
you can buy at well stocked hardware shops.

If you have a Fusion seat (the seat with a removable seat cover) you
can get to the bolts very easily. If you have a regular KH seat (the
seat cover is stapled to the base) then it will be a little bit more
difficult.

There are pictures of a disassembled KH Fusion seat in my 'Airseat
gallery' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Airseat). You can see the
carriage bolts and how they fit into the square holes in the seat base.
Carriage bolts have a square shoulder that keeps them from spinning in
a square hole.

Put in a replacement carriage bolt, put the seat back together and
you're all good. If you have a standard KH seat rather than the Fusion
seat then putting it back together will be a bit more difficult. No
need to glue the seat cover back to the foam. But you may need to
rubber cement or silicone type glue and staples to attach the underside
flap of the seat cover back to the base.

Something to check on your seat is to make sure that the acorn nuts are
not bottoming out on the bolts. The bolts on some seats can be a tad
too long and cause the acorn nuts to bottom out. Replace with deeper
acorn nuts or replace with open nuts or put a washer under the acorn
nut.

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I very recently did this to my KH Gel saddle, I tightened up the acorn
bolts until the end of the bolt sheared off. I talked to Roger about it
& he suggested some more bolts from B&Q (UK Hardware Store Chain). I
disassembled the seat, replaced the bolts and glued the thing back
together, and then replaced the acorn nuts with some nylocks + washers.
Its been fine ever since, and its been nice & tight too, something I
was worried about with the acorn nuts (sometimes the nuts will bottom
out before tightening properly on the seatpost. The nut feels tight but
actually its not).

Loose.

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I just did this to my modified Torker DX seat. I just took the cover
off and modified the foam and put in some gel shoe inserts just in time
for Moab MUniFest (leaving tomorrow). I went to put it on and... snap!
Luckily I have a KH fusion street I can ride. But now I'm going to
have to remove the cover again and go back in there? From what I
remember when I was in there the first time, the foam is kind of in one
piece with the plastic. Anybody have any experience with this
situation on DX seats?

(I put glue along the bottom/side of the seat over the staples to make
it more comfortable to grab, in case you were wondering)

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Beer brewed with some marijuana will get you high hops.

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Do you think it would be okay to ride with just the one bolt? Or would
it break off for sure?

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Beer brewed with some marijuana will get you high hops.

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i'm sorry to be a pain and not answer ur question, but that glue looks
like an awesome idea, i might try do that, what kinda glue d'you use?

adn i say try it, u'll see very quickly if it flexes way too much. But
i recon it would break.

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I'd planned on using caulk. But I didn't have any left so I used wood
glue. I thought it was a sweet idea until I found out I'll having to
be taking it all off again. Those staples were a pain in the butt
because they only went in about halfway and I had to hammer them in the
rest of the way. Can't wait to do it all over again!!

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lukkyjay said:

Do you think it would be okay to ride with just the one bolt? Or would
it break off for sure?

uhm
you could definitely ride with 3, but i wouldn't go any less than that.
I replaced mine with stainless hardware when they broke, but they use a
different thread.
get stainless carriage bolts 1 1/2" (i think thats the length) x 1/4"

if you are very careful you can get the foam off. just be careful not
to rip it TOOO much, a little rip in the foam is not a huge deal, but a
big one is a pain in the but(haha hahahhaha hahahahahahahahhaah)

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lukkyjay said:

I'd planned on using caulk. But I didn't have any left so I used wood
glue. I thought it was a sweet idea until I found out I'll having to
be taking it all off again. Those staples were a pain in the butt
because they only went in about halfway and I had to hammer them in the
rest of the way. Can't wait to do it all over again!!

a good silicon would probably work well. and be comfy... like gel... or
on that thought, just make one out of gel.

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