Spring-Lock seat bushings

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smittylv1

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Please help!! All six plastic seat base bushings are broken on my 2000 G3. Springfield repair kit OEM part number 2100038 contains (1) bushing (1) glue (1) dowel pin tool....The best price that I can find is $23.00 each. That's $138.00 for six bushings! Does anyone have a better alternative?
 
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fishrdan

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Re: Spring-Lock seat bushings

I'd just buy the bushings and use epoxy to glue them in. I don't see the install tool as necessary as a large socket would drive them in.
 
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smittylv1

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Re: Spring-Lock seat bushings

I have not been able to locate the bushings without the glue/dowel pin combination, thus driving up the cost. Size is 2" outside diameter/1.77" inside diameter.
Straight plastic bushing 2.5" deep....a very poor design in my opinion.
 
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limitout

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Re: Spring-Lock seat bushings

well it sounds like you are talking about the top bushing for the seat mount and I will tell you this, the 1.77 post with the 3/4" pin will slip inside of it easily but with very little room to move so its not loose and will not rock or wobble.

I just cut the ends off of two of these posts Boat Seat Swivl Eze 3 4 " Pin Seat Mount 11 " Post 2114 | eBay

and stuck them inside these posts and put a screw in it to hold it to convert it over to 3/4" pin seat mount Boat Seat Swivel Eze Snap Lock 1 77" Post Fixed Height 11" | eBay

it was a lot cheaper to do that then buy the large size bushing to fit the top of the post.

not sure if you are dealing with the same sized posts but if you are using the 3/4 pin seat base then the 3/4" seat posts fit perfectly inside the 1.77" snap lock seat posts.

if this will work for you then the standard sized 3/4" bushings (attwood sp201) are much easier and cheaper to get when they need replacing.
 
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