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Eclipse owners with captain chairs info.

Muddydogs
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Do your captain chairs pitch you forward when setting in them? Mine sure did to the point that they weren't comfortable unless you put your feet up on the couch across the trailer to hold yourself back. Well this weekend I figured out that you can move the chair base forward on the chair frame to fix this problem. My chairs have 2 pieces of flat steel running from the front to the back of the chair that the swivel base is mounted to. These pieces of flat steel are predrilled with a couple mounting locations and my bases were mounted in the furthest back holes. I moved the bases forward towards the front of the chair and now when you set in the chair it's pitched back instead of forward. Be advised that the bases have a front and back, if there put back on backwards the chair doesn't set well at all.

Thought I would put this out there as my once hated chairs are now quite pleasant to set in.
2015 Eclipse Iconic Toy Hauler made by Eclipse Manufacturing which is a pile of junk. If you want to know more just ask and I'll tell you about cracked frames, loose tin, walls falling off, bad holding tanks and very poor customer service.
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Muddydogs
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N-Trouble wrote:
Thanks for the tip! I have noticed the same with mine. They sit very upright. How far forward did you move the base?


Just to the front mounting holes, maybe 6"? I will get a pic in the next day or so as I forgot to take one before I hauled the unit to storage.

I would say if yours are setting upright the base is mounted in the back holes.
2015 Eclipse Iconic Toy Hauler made by Eclipse Manufacturing which is a pile of junk. If you want to know more just ask and I'll tell you about cracked frames, loose tin, walls falling off, bad holding tanks and very poor customer service.

N-Trouble
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Thanks for the tip! I have noticed the same with mine. They sit very upright. How far forward did you move the base?
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Shawnattitude20
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Thanks for the info. I checked mine and the base was already in the forward position.
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