Hey look, that's an All-Canadian thread you guys just laid down!

Sorry, just noticing, Jake

On 6/6/06, Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@oberon.ark.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:15:39 -0400, Tabe Johnson <
> greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> >One of my front seats is very, very stiff.  I've taken
> >it apart but now it comes time to lubricate it before
> >reassembling.  Any opinions on what lubricant to use?
> >The obvious choice so far is grease, since that was
> >what was there originally.
> >
> >Anyone have better ideas?
> >
> >tabe johnson/87 westy
>
> Tabe,
>
> A couple of things you might try to get and keep the seats spinning
> easily.  For lube, some form of
> "dry" lube has worked in not attracting more gunk over the years.
>
> The 4 nylon/polyethylene rubbing-bumpers in the seat grove must be in good
> shape. Suggest
> replacing if they are worn or chewed-up.
>
> The torque on the four nuts that secure the swivel is real critical.
> Overly tight and the force
> required to turn the seat gets real high. Too loose and the seat clunks,
> rattles and puts the most
> annoying motion into your backside while driving on rough roads (at least
> in this drivers sensitive
> backside).
>
> So, how much torque to put on those self-locking nuts?  Just enough and no
> more! As the nuts are
> self-locking, error on the loose side of tight. Personally, with
> self-locking nuts, I tend to over
> tighten them..... Bad thing here.... so go easy... perhaps 3-5
> ft/lbs.  Trial and error or if you have
> real small hands and a long wrench, you can reach in under the seat an
> "tweak" the nuts.  When
> you get it right, the seats will turn with one hand and with only modest
> effort. Makes rotating the
> seat into the Camping-napping-relaxing-Position a real joy instead of an
> annoying struggle.
>
> good luck
>
> Phil Z.
>

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Jake
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