Darrell,
Any suggestions on how to stop a pretty obnoxious passenger seat squeak? I
can stop it by putting something of 5 or 10 Lbs. on the seat or reaching
over with my right hand and putting light pressure on the left most part of
the seat. But I don't want to have to do this. Maybe the answer is to get
married? :)
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
Lake Tahoe

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From: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Is there a "best way" to loosen up passenger seat
's"rotation"?
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 4:35 AM

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Hi Marshall,
    I have been working with these swivels  a lot lately and they get a bit
sticky and dirty at the base over time.  But they are easy to remove and
clean. Slide the seat forward until it slides off, you eventually need to
raise a small catch on the left side rail. With the seat off you will note
the swivel is held on my 4 nuts. Remove the swivel by removing said nuts
and clean the swivel. Clean and relub with a bit of user friendly lubricant
like Vaseline or lubriplate ( white engine prelub)  The swivel will now
function as it did when new.  If it is still too tight you might want to
try some washers on the bolts / studs  between the swivel and the wheel
well mount, this shouldn't be necessary unless something is warped.  Happy
swiveling.

Darrell

-----Original Message-----
    From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
    To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
    Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 12:07 AM
    Subject: Is there a "best way" to loosen up passenger seat 's
"rotation"?

    Hi Everybody!

    Here is my problem of the day:

    My passenger seat is really tough to rotate around. The thing is, it
has to be rotated with a person (my wife) seated in it.

    Background: We bought the Westy becuase it is the ONLY stock van (that
we know of) where a person in a wheelchair can use it without having to
raise the roof or lower the floor.

    Besides, It's something I've always wanted ( I digress)

    Anyhow, she tranfers into the passenger seat from her wheelchair, and
then we rotate the seat around untill it locks. Not easy!

    I'm afraid if I use a heavy grease, it will get over everything.

    What do you think?

    Thanks in advance;

    Happy Holidays!

    Marshall Ruskin
    84 Westy