If you have a later model WEsty, that indentation you feel is actually a "roll pin" that holds the arm rest on. You need to carefully pry back the fabric and then use a punch and hammer to drive out the pin. Once the pin is out, you can pull the arm rest straight off the seat frame. There are some allen-head screws (as I recall) which hold the arm rest bracket onto the seat frame. Pull these out, apply some loc-tite, and reinstall them. Then reattach the arm rest, and you are all set! Just be careful not to pinch the arm rest fabric - it will tear easily. Good luck, Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus" Santa Barbara, CA
>From: Debra Clark <debra_clark@YAHOO.COM> >Reply-To: Debra Clark <debra_clark@YAHOO.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Tightening armrests >Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:31:02 -0800 > >Third question in 24 hours. You just know I have a new vanagon! By the >way, thanks for all the responses to my tires and paint job questions. We >will definitely be buying light truck tires and we'll polish and buff her >first to see what we've got. > >Now about the loose armrests. One can feel the indentation under the vinyl >covering where access to the screw is but is that the only way? If not, >what do you cover the hole with? > >Debra Clark >Santee, California >90 Multivan >debra_clark@yahoo.com
Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA
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