it is Fridae I just realized..
Perhaps me meant '100 pound sack of concrete syndrome.'

for sure , check the welds ..
if the 4 plastic guide/tab gizmo's are there ....
and the seat is on the tracks right (it's not that hard to get just one
side engaged but not the other ) .

besides..weight in the front seats helps in terms of stability in
crosswinds.

On 3/1/2013 9:02 AM, Jeff wrote:
> Wow.  That's a pretty offensive comment...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 5:38 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Passenger seat swivel base is loose
>
> How do the welds look that hold the swivel to the old seat tracks?  You
> could be suffering from Fat Passenger syndrome.  Try to move the seat and
> see if the welds are cracked loose.
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
> On Mar 1, 2013 6:31 AM, "Dean Staltare" <predsmaniac@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On to the next issue; Apparently someone in the past of this vehicle's
>> ownership has removed the passenger seat and the entire swivel base to
>> what I can only assume,was to access the battery compartment. In doing
>> so I don't think all components have been replaced on the base
>> plate,once the swivel and seat were re-installed as this seat is
>> extremely wobbly. It appears to be that the wobble is emanating from
>> the  base swivel plate which seem's to be the culprit of the wobbly seat
> syndrome.
>>   Question; are there any other components underneath that swivel base
>> that are missing? The only components there are  the 4 evenly spaced
>> plastic spacers attached to the base plate? Even without the seat
>> replaced on the track this base is very loose once it is re-bolted
>> down with the locking nuts ?
>>
>> 1985 Westy Vanagon
>> Again much thanks to all. DS
>>