How to not break seat stop bumper ?

[Racer57]

I got my replacement seat stop bumpers. How do you get them to fit over the studs without breaking them ? I was going to put them into hot water before trying to press them on, but thought I'd check here first.

[anlauto]

I just did this a few weeks ago. I held the stud with ViceGrips, heated it "warm" with a torch and slip it right it. It did melt the plastic a bit, but it's not coming off again.

[spamtank]

I used hot water.  No problems.

[filmsurgeon]

I had bought new repop seat stop bumpers many months ago, and had not yet installed them. I did not realize that the stud's integral washer needed to go "inside" the nylon/plastic piece.  Well, I just did mine today.  Here are the steps I used to get the studs in:  I boiled the nylon/plastic pieces in a small pot of water for a few minutes, then took them out to the garage; opened the vice jaws slightly wider than the width of the threaded stud; placed the nylon piece on top of the vice jaws; put the stud through the hole, and using a large phillips screw driver (in the head of the stud) and a hammer, I pounder the stud into the nylon piece.  It went in without much effort, and spins freely inside.  No damage to the nylon/plastic piece, or the stud.  Thanks go to Racer57 for starting this topic, and to the members who replied with advice.

[Topcat]

This is the type I have.

Is it the OEM design?

http://www.use.com/eae99b3e7807e2a0b59a

[filmsurgeon]

This is the type I have.

Is it the OEM design?

It doesn't look OEM to me, but then again, my buckets seat backs just had a bolt screwed in, instead of the correct type screw and nylon stop/bumper (another lazy and cheesy job done by the previous owner).  Here is a photo of the stop that nearly everyone sells as OEM replacement.

[anlauto]

This is the type I have.

Is it the OEM design?

http://www.use.com/eae99b3e7807e2a0b59a

Yes those are 100% OEM....

[filmsurgeon]

Yes those are 100% OEM....

Interesting.  I assumed that the nylon bumper/stop with the phillips head large washer screw was how they were originally.  Too bad the style (in Topcat's photo) is not reproduced, but the ones I bought are definitely better than just a bolt.

[Topcat]

I cleaned mine up with Evaporust and RPM'd them.

Go to go.

Thanks for confirming that Alan.