{"id":2226,"date":"2018-10-05T03:35:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T03:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2022-03-11T06:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:30:15","slug":"how-to-remove-school-bus-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-school-bus-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Remove Bus Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">How To Remove School Bus Seats<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Here is our step-by-step tutorial on how to remove seats from a school bus with floor tracking. &nbsp;Seat removal was ridiculously easy for us, all because our bus came with that in-floor tracking. &nbsp;But before you go rushing off to buy a bus with tracking, <a href=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/08\/how-to-remove-school-bus-flooring-tracking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read our post<\/a> on the headache it caused while removing the bus flooring.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kd4rw6rVtxY\" width=\"760\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Tools &amp; Material Required:<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Socket wrench with size 14 socket<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">WD-40<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Angle grinder<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Pry bar<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Hammer<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Protective gloves and protective glasses<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">A friend to help lug the seats out (thanks, Kimberly!)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">How To Remove the Seats and Dividers:<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-2266\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/School-Bus-Seats-on-Tracking.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/School-Bus-Seats-on-Tracking.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/School-Bus-Seats-on-Tracking-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/School-Bus-Seats-on-Tracking-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">See how the seat footers are bolted directly to the tracking, rather than through the floor of the bus.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Use a size 14 socket to remove all the bolts that will come out easily.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Use WD-40 on tough cases, allowing a few minutes for the WD-40 to sink into the grooves.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Tough Case Scenario #1: <\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Hammer the pry bar underneath the seat foot (the part that is bolted in). &nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Put weight on the pry bar to lift up the foot as much as possible. &nbsp;This leverage and tension helped make some bolts easy to remove with the socket wrench.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-2274 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Bus-Seat.jpg\" alt=\"Removing stubborn school bus seats\" class=\"wp-image-2274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Bus-Seat.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Bus-Seat-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Bus-Seat-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Use a hammer to wedge the pry bar between the foot and the floor.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-2275 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Bus-Seat-with-Pry-Bar.jpg\" alt=\"Using pry bar to remove bus seats\" class=\"wp-image-2275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Bus-Seat-with-Pry-Bar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Bus-Seat-with-Pry-Bar-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Bus-Seat-with-Pry-Bar-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Have a handy helper put weight on the pry bar to provide tension while you use the wrench to bring up the bolt.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Tough Case Scenario #2: &nbsp;<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Use the angle grinder to cut off the top of the bolt. &nbsp;Once all bolt tops are cut off, rock the seat back and forth until the seat pops out.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-2276 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"780\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Removing-Bus-Seats-With-Angle-Grinder.jpg\" alt=\"Angle grinder to remove bus seats\" class=\"wp-image-2276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Removing-Bus-Seats-With-Angle-Grinder.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Removing-Bus-Seats-With-Angle-Grinder-600x390.jpg 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Removing-Bus-Seats-With-Angle-Grinder-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Use the angle grinder to lop off the top of the bolts.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">When all the seats are out:<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Clean and save the hardware that bolted the seats into the tracking. &nbsp;If you re-use the tracking, you can re-use the hardware. &nbsp;If you sell the tracking, the hardware an extra perk you can throw in to sweeten the deal for the buyer.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Vacuum or sweep to clean the inside the tracking (oh, the treasures you will find!). &nbsp;This is really important for the next step of tracking removal.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Put those seats up on OfferUp or Craigslist! &nbsp;We sold ours for $20 a piece!<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-2281 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bus-Tracking-for-Seats.jpg\" alt=\"School bus with tracking floor\" class=\"wp-image-2281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bus-Tracking-for-Seats.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bus-Tracking-for-Seats-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bus-Tracking-for-Seats-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Years of gross inside the tracking<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-2284 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/School-Bus-with-Seats-Removed-Tracking.png\" alt=\"School bus flooring with seat tracking\" class=\"wp-image-2284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/School-Bus-with-Seats-Removed-Tracking.png 1620w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/School-Bus-with-Seats-Removed-Tracking-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/School-Bus-with-Seats-Removed-Tracking-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" \/><figcaption><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Tracking all cleaned out and ready for removal.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">How To Remove the Lift:<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Disconnect the bus battery.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Cut the wire to the box on the lift and seal with electrical tape.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Remove all the bolts within a socket wrench or normal wrench.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-2278 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Removing-School-Bus-Lift.jpg\" alt=\"Removing school bus lift\" class=\"wp-image-2278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Removing-School-Bus-Lift.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Removing-School-Bus-Lift-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Removing-School-Bus-Lift-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">The normal wrench was easier to get to bolts in hard-to-reach places.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Rock the lift towards the inside of the bus to jimmy and remove the long screws near the lift door.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Have a plan for safe removal of the lift from the bus (these things are HEAVY).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Because the side door of our bus was blocked, we had to slide the lift to the back door and very carefully remove it with a forklift. &nbsp;You will need 3-4 <em>really&nbsp;<\/em>strong people or&nbsp;a forklift to remove the lift (ironic, I know).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Get advice from an electrician friend on how to safely remove the wiring (we have yet to do this).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">Save the hardware that bolted the lift to the floor, as well as the hardware used to hang the lift controller on the wall. &nbsp;The person you give or sell the lift to will be grateful!<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">NEXT STEP: &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/08\/how-to-remove-school-bus-flooring-tracking\/\">Removing the Flooring<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&lt;&lt; Back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/skoolie-bus-conversion-ultimate-guide\/\">Skoolie Conversion Ultimate Guide Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2896\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/art-we-there-yet-skoolie-bus-travel.png\" alt=\"art-we-there-yet-skoolie-bus-travel\" class=\"wp-image-5344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/art-we-there-yet-skoolie-bus-travel.png 2896w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/art-we-there-yet-skoolie-bus-travel-1536x164.png 1536w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/art-we-there-yet-skoolie-bus-travel-2048x219.png 2048w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/art-we-there-yet-skoolie-bus-travel-1170x125.png 1170w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/art-we-there-yet-skoolie-bus-travel-1920x206.png 1920w, https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/art-we-there-yet-skoolie-bus-travel-585x63.png 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2896px) 100vw, 2896px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"so-you-re-building-a-skoolie-huh\">So you\u2019re building a skoolie, huh?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We feel your pain, my friend! We also know how good it feels to finally make a dream reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/skoolie-bus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our skoolie<\/a>&nbsp;took 9 months and $28,000 to complete. We documented the entire build and are slowly building<a href=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/skoolie-bus-conversion-ultimate-guide\/\">&nbsp;a series of guides<\/a>&nbsp;on every step of the bus conversion process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We spent a&nbsp;<em>crap ton<\/em>&nbsp;of time figuring out how to do this and that. We also could have saved a few bucks along the way.  We hope our tutorials help save you some time and money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-top-5-bus-conversion-tools-materials\">Our TOP 5 Bus Conversion Tools &amp; Materials:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3v7iFjJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5-in-1 Painters Tool<\/a> (you will use this a MILLION times)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LSJ2Qj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Impact Driver &amp; Drill Combo Kit<\/a> (there won\u2019t be a day you won\u2019t use this)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IeX1gX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">100% Silicone<\/a> (buy in bulk to save a LOT of money!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/36y3vtA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angle Grinder<\/a> (get used to using this ALL the time!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3513I7Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Table Saw <\/a>(it will be nearly impossible to complete your conversion without this. It\u2019s WORTH the investment!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This\u00a0page contains product affiliate links. We may receive a commission if you make a purchase after clicking on one of these links.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Remove School Bus Seats Here is our step-by-step tutorial on how to remove seats from a school bus with floor tracking. &nbsp;Seat removal was ridiculously easy for us, all because&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-bus-conversion-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5681,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions\/5681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}