In a message dated 11/15/2002 5:43:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, curt_welsh@YAHOO.COM writes:
> Has anyone succesfully removed a front westy seat bracket (with spinner > base) from a van without power tools? there's a westy in my local junkyard > and i'm trying to get the brackets out w/o paying the extra removal cost. > I thought they where just tack welded in, but after a frustrating 30 > minutes of sawing the obvious welds, they wouldn't budge. Does anyone know > where the welds are?
you can use a hacksaw and a lot of elbow grease. the bottom plate for the seat swivels are welded where the tracks normally are. don't forget to take out the bolt that holds the plate to the battery box. BenT |
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