al_ngl
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- Lafayette, IN
...by removing two roll pins!
I am only 6'1" tall, but I find that the three Volvos I've had, apart from possibly my 760, were just a tiny bit on the cramped side for leg room. Well, today I tested a long held suspicion I've had as to whether more usable leg room can be gained in mere minutes simply by removing the two roll pins that are in the rear of the seat rails, as well as the rubber stoppers in front of them. I put the seat all the way back, and sure enough, the seat on my 940 had two more slots to go backward, but was locked out by the roll pins. A few minutes wiggling with vise grips, and I have at least an inch more legroom!
Granted, the roll pins were probably there for a safety reason, either to keep the seat from moving backward in a rear-end collision, or to keep the driver at a certain proximity to the airbags in the event of a front-end crash. Either way, the rear seat bolts stop the seat from coming off the rails, and if I really worried about it I could put longer bolts in with a stack of washers to make sure it was as good as two tiny roll pins.
Had anyone discovered this before? I didn't find anything on Google.
I am only 6'1" tall, but I find that the three Volvos I've had, apart from possibly my 760, were just a tiny bit on the cramped side for leg room. Well, today I tested a long held suspicion I've had as to whether more usable leg room can be gained in mere minutes simply by removing the two roll pins that are in the rear of the seat rails, as well as the rubber stoppers in front of them. I put the seat all the way back, and sure enough, the seat on my 940 had two more slots to go backward, but was locked out by the roll pins. A few minutes wiggling with vise grips, and I have at least an inch more legroom!
Granted, the roll pins were probably there for a safety reason, either to keep the seat from moving backward in a rear-end collision, or to keep the driver at a certain proximity to the airbags in the event of a front-end crash. Either way, the rear seat bolts stop the seat from coming off the rails, and if I really worried about it I could put longer bolts in with a stack of washers to make sure it was as good as two tiny roll pins.
Had anyone discovered this before? I didn't find anything on Google.