have started the seat lift.......handling the front and rear is no problem......what is the best way to handle the two side mounts.....need some idea's that might be or could be easier and better than mine.....thanks

be easy on the 4th with that 5th.....RIDE SAFE!!

I used a round stick on rubber foot to build up the center pads. It was about 2.5 inches wide and 1 inch thick. I split it down the middle and put half on each pad where it hits the frame. Used 1 inch long threaded hex shaped couplers that were just big enough to fit over the new i inch longer metric bolts. I didn't trim that rear pad, but I do have to kind of push down on the back of the seat to get the rear bolts in. Be sure any wires at the rear fender or at the sides of the seat at the frame don't get pinched by the pads.

05 S40 pillow top gel seat.
Finished raising seat....#7 stoppers, m6x60 bolts,(used existing rubber mounts with a washer in between). No problem with rear bolt. lowered seat brackets on seat by one washer thickness which put them more in line with tangs welded to frame.  Cut and glued 4 pieces of tractor intertube for the middle rubber seat mounts to sit on.  Thanks for the postings, both in the past and now.

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Hey Baldeagle.... you got any pics of the new seat?

I went to Lowes to get the stoppers and couldn't find them.  Can anyone tell me what department they're in or, even better, a sku number?  Thanks.