In a message dated 8/5/08 9:58:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
phishman068@GMAIL.COM writes:

> I also cut out all the little brackets that secure the rear bed and the
> fridge to the floor, and while i'm trying to find someone to weld them in,
> i'm thinkin "What's the point of these?". They raise it up so that the nut
> is flush with the top portion of the westfalia installed wood floor, making
> it so that the flat bottom of the seat surface mates with the flat top of
> the wooden floor, and the bolts have very little to travel before enaging
> and therefore securing the bed to the floor. Well.....so why can't i just
> weld a nut to the floor? Or for that matter, just drill a hole....and put a
> nut on the other side of the floor (Well i don't want to do this, too much
> work pulling the bed later on.). I think so long as you had a nut fastened
> to the floor, it would all "pull in" wouldn't it? I was always under the
> impression that the brackets were one of the major obsticles in a conversion
> to a westy......but if they seem pointless and can be done in a way other
> than stock, then i was in fear for nothing.
>
>

just put a stack of washers under the bed box before you run the bolt thru
it.

chris

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