There's a roll pin holding the arm rests on. You have to pry between the
seat and the arm rest to see this pin. Go to Ace hardware and get a roll-pin
punch of the proper size and you can easily remove the roll pin.

-Mark McCulley

At 12:14 PM 3/24/98 -0500, EMZ wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>I'm trying to get the arm rest off of the
>front seats of an 1987 and newer Vanagon.
>Got me stumped?
>
>The older style (1986) has a hex bolt down the
>center of the hinge point.  It is covered by a
>black plastic plug.  Pull the plug, remove the
>bolt, it's off.  The 1987 (the adjustable arm rests)
>has no plug!  I don't think I should have to cut
>the material?  But It feels like it has the same
>setup. Anyone have any idea how to get these off
>Without cutting the material?
>
>
>
>
>            Eric                   86-VW4x4
>            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>