Also ~ While You have the Seat Out, Flip it Over & Make Sure that the

Bolts that hold the Slider Rails to the Seat are Tight ~ Recently had a friends

Van with "The Seat Won't Slide" condition ~ 2 of Those Bolts had come Loose

& Dropped into the Sliders & Jammed ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 1 Jul , 2017, at 5:09 AM, Ryan Perry wrote:

> Take the 4 bolts off and clean, clean, clean.  Next lightly grease the
> round  area the 2 pieces meet.  Also there are little plastic spacers,  be
> sure to get those back in and note the positioning of the lock lever.
> Finally, bolt it down till just prior to snug. Play with the tightness, you
> will see.  Good thing to do on  both seats from time to time and makes a
> huge difference.
> Ryan
> 
> On Sat, Jul 1, 2017, 2:44 AM PB <pbrattan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I just read in the samba that if the seat won't rotate, the 4 bolts holding
>> down the swivel might be torqued too tight.  I'll check that out tomorrow.
>> All this just to remove the aux battery to be replaced.
>> Patti
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:00 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>>       Looks quite normal ~ You should only have to Push Down on the
>> "Loop"
>>> 
>>> @ the Front of the Seat Base & Rotate the Seat Base 180º ~ Sometimes They
>>> 
>>> can be Very Difficult to Rotate ~ My Pass'Side Seat would be Near
>>> Impossible
>>> 
>>> to Spin if the Seat was Off so I did not have it for Leverage ~
>>> 
>>>                                                       ORR ~ DeanB
>>> 
>>>        If it Refuses to Rotate, You may have to acquire a Leveraging
>>> Device ~
>>> 
>>> May a Long Piece of Channel Stock that would fit across the Seat Base &
>>> into
>>> 
>>> a Couple of the "Stop Groves" on each side ~
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 30 Jun , 2017, at 11:17 PM, PB wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Sorry - I know this is elementary, but I'd appreciate a virtual helping
>>>> hand.
>>>> 
>>>> I have now removed the seat, and the rectangular plate overlaps about 2
>>>> inches over the battery cavity.  I couldn't get the seat to swivel.  I
>>>> guess I could remove the passenger seat and see what's different.  The
>>>> Bentley and the original user manual that I have do not mention
>> anything
>>>> about the rectangular plate overlapping the aux battery cavity (and
>>>> couldn't find it on the samba) and I'm not sure of how to remove it.
>>>> Here's a link to a  photo
>>>> <http://s74.photobucket.com/user/edtech2000/media/Westy%20Ba
>>> tteries/IMG_0552.jpg.html>.
>>>> Does everything look normal, or was it modified?  It's probably easy to
>>>> remove, but I don't know exactly how the plate is attached.
>>>> Thanks  again,
>>>> Patti
>>>> 90 Westy Automatic
>>>> Los Angeles
>>>> *****************************
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Dennis Haynes <
>> d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Turn the seat base 180 degrees. A battery post clamp lifting strap
>> will
>>>>> make this job a lot easier.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dennis,
>>>>> From my Windows phone.
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> From: PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
>>>>> Sent: ‎6/‎30/‎2017 6:05 PM
>>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>>> Subject: Aux battery removal
>>>>> 
>>>>> I need to remove my aux battery, but after I remove the seat, how
>> would
>>> I
>>>>> move the pedestal back to free the battery?  I'm not very experienced
>>>>> working on my van, so I’d like to know before I remove the seat.
>>> (Already
>>>>> saw GoWesty video on seat removal.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> By the way, the driver seat swivel seems to be stuck.  It should move
>> 90
>>>>> degrees, and I believe I have swiveled it in the past, but can’t move
>> it
>>>>> now.   Passenger side easily swivels 180 degrees.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Patti
>>>>> 
>>>>> 90 Westy Automatic
>>>>> 
>>>>> Los Angeles
>>>>> 
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