Date:         Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:39:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Jon B Kanas <kanas@QADAS.COM>
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From:         Jon B Kanas <kanas@QADAS.COM>
Subject:      Headrests don't stay up!!
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Hello Listers,

Per some comments recently made on the list, I found a local scrapyard with a couple of Merkur Xr4ti chassis in North Denver and acquired 1 pair of gray leather headrests for my Syncro Westfalia.  Upon removing the original headrests, I discovered that whatever mechanism is supposed to be built into the seats (maybe a spring clip of some sort) which holds the headrests in position is gone.  Apparently, in the six years I have owned this Syncro, I've never tried to raise the headrests!    The black plastic housing in which the headrest posts are inserted has a slot in it where it appears some type of spring may have originally resided.  The question is, what keeps the headrests in position?  How much of a pain are these to install?  As a quick-fix, and to see if I like the Merkur headrests, I am using a small hoseclamp on the headrest post to keep it at a desirable height.

Thanks,
Jon B Kanas
Longmont, Colorado
Cultural Center of the Universe
303-678-0658
kanas@qadas.com