265 interior seat back removal?

ajj001

Does anyone how to remove the seat backs in a 265 (and likely others) so I can to a re-upholster job? I can find nothing obvious under or over the shelf nor anything down the middle.

davidbrooks

@ajj001i dont have a 265 but when i was redoing the carpet in the cabin of my 342 i discovered that on some of the carpeted trim pieced they were through screwed.  The screw heads literally were sucked into the carpeting so you couldn't see them.  Try running a small screwdriver along the middle seam to see if there are any indentations.  Then just dig it in and see if you can get it to bite.

ajj001

Thanks for advice.

I managed to get to the boat today (on the Thames in the UK). Looking into the fold, the screws where almost impossible to find so I ran a thin metal ruler along the back of the seatback and located them that way. Going back to the outward facing side, I could now see that the screws had been tightened so that they had gone through the material and so been hidden.

I got the far end seat back out (it only had two screws into the bulk-head) and now have it at home for re-upholstering. Assuming that goes ok, I'll do the two side ones at a later date. i am replacing the original cloth with a vinyl leatherette type material similar to the seats above deck.

rasbury

Don't forget tge pictures- I always forget to take the before..