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Subject:Re: How to install the Westfalia sliding bench?
From:Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:24:03 -0700

I put a middle seat into a Westy once,
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=426830 .  It was only in
where we needed the extra seats.  I do not recall bolting it down at all.
I know I pulled it out when we were camping and put it back in when we were
getting ready to leave.

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com

On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:03 AM Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com>
wrote:

> 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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