Step one. Bought the van.
Hello Everybody, First post. I camp a lot in tents but after spending three days straight in a tent in the rain at Dolly Sods I swore I'd make a change. Here it is. Bought it Wednesday. Dro...
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Sofa-bed continued:
After assembling the sofa-bed frame I noticed the square tube under the Seat Platform. It was built to be even with the front of the Center Support and I just didn't like the way it looked.
So remove the Center Support and take it back to the work bench.
I think I'll cut it back an inch.
Also cut back the angle guides to match the shorter tube.
Due to the number of nuts and bolts this will take a little more work.
Shortened angles.
Since I was already messing with the Center Support, time to make some adjustments to the actuator mounting. The mounting hole on the end of the actuator is 1/4" wide. I'm using a 1/4" bolt to secure the base to the Center Support. The longer the bolt is the longer is the part of the bolt that isn't threaded. By using a bolt that's much longer than I need I can get one where the mounting hole stays on the unthreaded part.
That will require cutting down the bolt. Notice that here I'm doing it the right way, not like before, by having a nut between the head and the part of the bolt I'm about to cut.
Take a 1/4" nylon spacer and cut it to fit the gap between the actuator mounting base and the Center Support.
Install the spacer. I'm using two nuts tightened against each other as a lock.
Then put it all back together again.
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After assembling the sofa-bed frame I noticed the square tube under the Seat Platform. It was built to be even with the front of the Center Support and I just didn't like the way it looked.
So remove the Center Support and take it back to the work bench.
I think I'll cut it back an inch.
Also cut back the angle guides to match the shorter tube.
Due to the number of nuts and bolts this will take a little more work.
Shortened angles.
Since I was already messing with the Center Support, time to make some adjustments to the actuator mounting. The mounting hole on the end of the actuator is 1/4" wide. I'm using a 1/4" bolt to secure the base to the Center Support. The longer the bolt is the longer is the part of the bolt that isn't threaded. By using a bolt that's much longer than I need I can get one where the mounting hole stays on the unthreaded part.
That will require cutting down the bolt. Notice that here I'm doing it the right way, not like before, by having a nut between the head and the part of the bolt I'm about to cut.
Take a 1/4" nylon spacer and cut it to fit the gap between the actuator mounting base and the Center Support.
Install the spacer. I'm using two nuts tightened against each other as a lock.
Then put it all back together again.
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