If you have a later model WEsty, that indentation you feel is actually a
"roll pin" that holds the arm rest on.  You need to carefully pry back the
fabric and then use a punch and hammer to drive out the pin.  Once the pin
is out, you can pull the arm rest straight off the seat frame.  There are
some allen-head screws (as I recall) which hold the arm rest bracket onto
the seat frame.  Pull these out, apply some loc-tite, and reinstall them.
Then reattach the arm rest, and you are all set!

Just be careful not to pinch the arm rest fabric - it will tear easily.

Good luck,

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus"
Santa Barbara, CA

>From: Debra Clark <debra_clark@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: Debra Clark <debra_clark@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Tightening armrests
>Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:31:02 -0800
>
>Third question in 24 hours. You just know I have a new vanagon!  By the
>way, thanks for all the responses to my tires and paint job questions.  We
>will definitely be buying light truck tires and we'll polish and buff her
>first to see what we've got.
>
>Now about the loose armrests.  One can feel the indentation under the vinyl
>covering where access to the screw is but is that the only way?  If not,
>what do you cover the hole with?
>
>Debra Clark
>Santee, California
>90 Multivan
>debra_clark@yahoo.com

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

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