What a bummer, I’m riding on down the trail yesterday and my KH saddle feels like it’s moving around a bit. I stop to tighten the four nuts that hold the seat to the post and the back left one feels pretty loose so I go to snug it down but it doesn’t feel like it is gettting any tighter. I had a feeling something was wrong so I went to unscrew it so I could get a better look and the second I put counter-clockwise on the nut the bolt broke off inside the nut!
My question to ya’ll…is this fixable? If I dismantle the seat is this simply gonna be as easy as replacing a carriage bolt? Or is the seat basically screwed now?
Sofa fixed his with threaded rod instead of carriage bolts as they will just spin now. I’m not exactly sure how he did it as I haven’t seen it yet. Try searching his posts or seat fixes or something like that and you should find an answer.
Is it a carriage bolt that is up in the seat, in otherwords would I have to pull the cover off the seat?
Or is it a headless bolt that is screwed up into a plastic thread, in which case I will just need to use an extracter to get it out and put a new one in(this would be so much easier than ripping my seat apart)??
The bolts on my KH are going as well. I was wondering if it were possible to fix without taking the seat apart. More specifically, I was wondering if it would be possible to use one of those anchors used for screwing into drywall. The way I figure, if you can get the old bolt out, you could just shove the anchor into the foam. I think the main problem with this would be the strength of the anchor. I just don’t want to have to take the KH apart; it seems like a pain to put back together.
I had this same problem with my old KH seat, except that two of the bolts were spinning, and the seat had significant flex. I had to use a hacksaw to get the seat off the post. The stiffener plate (the thingie the carriage bolts sit in) was cracked and stripped.
I hear what you’re sayin’ there mscalisi. I think for all hassle of fixing the seat I’ll just order a new one.
First thing I’m gonna do is take off the acorn nuts and put on nylon insert lock nuts, then I shouldn’t have any issues with the nuts backing off.
It’s for the best to order a new one or KH CF base, as it’s the metal stiffener plate that stops the bolt spinning and this usually snaps leaving a wobbly seat and spinning bolts… I’ve bust 3 KHs this way. Can’t wait for the next generation ones.
Next generation? Are the kh24s that are getting into stock in a few weeks gonna be “new generation”, or should i anticipate the spinning bolts problem too?
I believe the current generation addresses the spinning bolt issue, as well as having a different cover material for the seat and being much cushier.
The next generation will have removable covers and according to KH in this this thread, will be available summer/fall
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Next generation? Are the kh24s that are getting into stock in a few weeks gonna be “new generation”, or should i anticipate the spinning bolts problem too?
