

| Subject: | Re: How to install the Westfalia sliding bench? |
| From: | Jeff Palmer |
| Date: | Sat, 22 Aug 2020 13:02:37 -0500 |
Honestly there is no play in my bench so I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t need bolts at all? We shall see. Jeff Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > I look forward to other’s replying. > > My bench may not have been a original Westfalia but it has the sliding rails. I actually have two benches a brown and a grey. > > In order to fit I took off the arm rest that would have gone against the stove side of the van. This let the seat move in a bit and I could then line up a bolt or two in the track. > > I suspect there were special bolts that were never passed on to me. The bolts that hold on the rail covers seem a bit short and don’t match up for me. Still I was able to get a couple to go in and keep the seat from sliding left to right. Forward and back is secured by the rails. > With the arm rest off the slider just fit with enough room to wiggle in a securing bolt. > > Look forward to learning more from your post and the replies. > > Eric Caron > 85 GL currently with engine and transmission out and front end coming together. > > > > > >> On Aug 22, 2020, at 1:11 PM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM> wrote: >> >> Taking two extra kids to the cottage. How does the two person bench the slides into the Westfalia tracks get secured? Or does it? >> >> Thanks >> Jeff >> 85 Westfalia >> >> Sent from my iPhone >
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