Date:         Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:41:10 -0800
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Eurovan seat transplant pix
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On 2/23/09, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>   Yes, but part of the hinge comes with it.  The rail appears to be
> integrated with the hinge.  I had planned to just swap rails to keep from
> having to do the cutting but if the Westy hinge is different then that might
> complicate things or else not provide the seat-cushion-size benefit I was
> trying to achieve.
>
> They do definitely unscrew, and when I took things apart every screw I
> found was loose already and I don't think anyone ever messed with them.
> Sloppy assembly?
>
> Stephen
>


My thought was perhaps cutting may be easier with the rails off the seat as
opposed to substituting the Vanagon rails. It is more like that the screws
got loose with use vs. sloppy manufacturing assembly. More likely that they
were left that way from a previous repair of some sort.


BenT