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Rear seat removal
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 5:45 pm
by pollyden
Ok, i know im thick, but i cant figure out how to remove the middle set of seats. Theyre facing backwards at the moment & i want them forwards, but im dammed if i can work out how to release it & turn it round & the handbook's no help.
HELP!
Re: Rear seat removal
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:07 pm
by Tidmo
I think it is just a case of popping off the plastic covers unbolting the bolts (17mm) i think and just turning the seat round and then bolt it back down. Ive done the same with mine. Hope this helps!
Re: Rear seat removal
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:27 pm
by M 80NGO
Tidmo wrote:I think it is just a case of popping off the plastic covers unbolting the bolts (17mm) i think and just turning the seat round and then bolt it back down. Ive done the same with mine. Hope this helps!
It's a lill bit more involved than that, you'll need 2 people a couple of hours and the patients of a saint, the whole unit needs to come out complete and getting the carpet around the runners will send your fingers numb as will undoing the bolts with the carpet restricting you, that said if your's is an unconverted van then it may be easier as the carpet will be movable unlike mine which has the end conversion holding the carpet fast, it's not rocket science but allow a decent amount of time to complete the job and it's defo worth it to get the 7 forward facing seats
basically there are 6 17mm bolts on either runner.
Also the runners are handed so be sure to double chack they are on the seat correctly before you try to fit it all back in
Re: Rear seat removal
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 10:02 pm
by Simon Jones
Swapping the seat around is as simple as Tidmo says and can be done in under 10 minutes. However, and this is where M 80NGO's point comes in, you won't be able to slide the seat backwards and forwards on the tracks as the mechanism on the seat will no longer line up with the lock on the runner.
Swapping the tracks around will mean you will have a reversed seat which will work fine, but then if you want to change it back, you will have the same problem. If you need the flexibility for it to work either way, then there's an excellent factsheet by Mad Mile (Ed) which explains how you can modify the runner.
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/member ... unners.pdf