Removing 3rd row seat belts

[Magical1]

I've decided I don't need my 3rd row bench seat, so I've taken it out but I'm wondering about taking out the shoulder belts. It is a Tiara conversion, so not factory. The bottom of the belt is bolted to a rail on the floor and the top seems to be a giant bolt with an enormous spline hole. My question is, is this top attachment a bolt or is is welded to the frame somehow? Is this even a good idea to take them out? I don't have plans to sell it, I've got low miles and it's in good shape, and I have center row seating still, so our family of 4 is set- I have already taken out the 3rd row middle belts, they were just bolted to the floor, but I'm wondering aboutr these rear shoulder belts, they sometimes get in the way for loading. If it is a bolt I can always put them back in --

[Jasen]

It should be a T 55 torx bit. If you don't plan on using the 3rd row, then there is no need for the belts, put them in a box and store them in case things change in the years to come.

[Magical1]

Thanks! Came out no problem--
Another success story for astrosafari.com!

[Jasen]

[Astrophile]

Ok, so some posts say it is T50, yours says T55. The biggest I could find at Home Depot was T50, but that's the least of my worries, I think I can buy T55 online. The problem is, I'm a (wimpy) woman, and other posts are saying these big seat belt Torx are reeeely hard to loosen. Has anyone tried liquid wrench on them before trying to loosen them? Anyone else have any suggestions for making them easier to remove? One post said heat them up, but heat expands things, cold contracts, so that didn't seem logical.
Thank you in advance for any helpful hints as to how to go about removing these rear seat belts. (I'm turning my passenger van into a camper and have already sold the rear seats, just in the planning stages right now, and looking for someone to build a bed frame)

[chevymaher]

The right socket and a good ratchet or breaker bar. If it gives you any lip put a 3 foot pipe on it.

It isn't that hard. I stripped the interior out of the 90 parts van and taken mine out twice. Once to change it to black and once because I had to to get the body damage fixed. You can do it no heat just grunt.

[Leeann_93]

Being a woman and/or wimpy is irrelevant.

It's all about the leverage. Use a 24" breaker bar. If it doesn't loosen, slide a pipe over the breaker bar and try again.

[HotWire]

I broke 2 sockets when I tried to get the floor anchor out.

[jrsride2002]

The problem is, I'm a (wimpy) woman, and other posts are saying these big seat belt Torx are reeeely hard to loosen. Has anyone tried liquid wrench on them before trying to loosen them? Anyone else have any suggestions for making them easier to remove?

Not a real problem. But you can spray PB Blaster on the bolt, let it sit overnight. Then try again.

Best of luck,
~Junior