| Subject: | Re: How to install the Westfalia sliding bench? |
| From: | Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM> |
| 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
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> On Aug 22, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Hi Jeff,
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> I look forward to other’s replying.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Look forward to learning more from your post and the replies.
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> Eric Caron
> 85 GL currently with engine and transmission out and front end coming together.
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>> On Aug 22, 2020, at 1:11 PM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM> wrote:
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>> Taking two extra kids to the cottage. How does the two person bench the slides into the Westfalia tracks get secured? Or does it?
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>> Thanks
>> Jeff
>> 85 Westfalia
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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