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Originally Posted by Ashikabi
Maybe the rail itself is damaged. They are just ball bearing slides. Perhaps the lateral forces of track day bent one
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Perhaps. I got in there a bit last night, and found the more specific area that the issue is occuring. It is the rear left mounting point on the driver's door. I have tried removing the bolt with no luck. I tried once with a normal socket and lightly stripped it before realizing that it's supposed to be a E10. So I bought an E10 and it was too rounded off to bite. No luck. I then got out my extractor set (as a last resort) and still couldn't get it off - the extractor just destroyed the head.
Now I have to figure out how to get it out to really find the problem. If I rock the seat side to side, it'll still make the click, but if I jam my hand under to put more pressure on it it'll stop. SO It's some issue with that mounting bolt (that is now pretty badly damaged). Not sure if it's a damaged rail, or what. It seems so close to being tight and normal - like the wiggle room is less than 1mm, but it makes a harsh click when it does...
I'm not done investigating, but need more time to work on it than the 15min I had last night to fool with it.
I also need to source a new bolt before I remove this one now.