Front Seat That Swivels Upgrade W/Pic
I really missed having seats that swiveled like I had on my old Class A.Now that I have a smaller Class C. So I looked around and found only one place that sold an aftermarket swivel and found out t...
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I can no longer recommend the Chevy swivel base from Discount Van.
At least on ours, it can be swiveled without pulling the locking lever. More than once while going down the road, my wife has leaned around to the left to look at something or whatever, and the seat swiveled.
The latching setup is very crudely made. Photos below.
It looked like a simple fix. Just bend the round mild steel lever down to keep it in the notch, right? Well, it did not help at all. The lever contacts up high in the notch, at the top arrow in the photo. It never touches the notch in the vicinity of the bottom arrow, during any movement. When it contacts at the top of the notch, the notch just rides the lever on up and out. There must be too much play or deflection in the lever, and the notch is too wide.
Bending the lever down a reasonable amount did not help. And at some amount of extra bend, it creates an interference problem during the rest of the swiveling of the seat.
So far I'm thinking of drilling a hole in the two opposing plates, and dropping a bolt in. The other thing that seems to work in testing is to use a bungee to pull down on the lever. Or something else to keep the lever down until we release it.
A final idea is to use a round file in the upper part of the notch, and create an indent which would better capture the lever when someone turns the seat.
All in all, it's crudely made. Buyer beware. Photos below.
At least on ours, it can be swiveled without pulling the locking lever. More than once while going down the road, my wife has leaned around to the left to look at something or whatever, and the seat swiveled.
The latching setup is very crudely made. Photos below.
It looked like a simple fix. Just bend the round mild steel lever down to keep it in the notch, right? Well, it did not help at all. The lever contacts up high in the notch, at the top arrow in the photo. It never touches the notch in the vicinity of the bottom arrow, during any movement. When it contacts at the top of the notch, the notch just rides the lever on up and out. There must be too much play or deflection in the lever, and the notch is too wide.
Bending the lever down a reasonable amount did not help. And at some amount of extra bend, it creates an interference problem during the rest of the swiveling of the seat.
So far I'm thinking of drilling a hole in the two opposing plates, and dropping a bolt in. The other thing that seems to work in testing is to use a bungee to pull down on the lever. Or something else to keep the lever down until we release it.
A final idea is to use a round file in the upper part of the notch, and create an indent which would better capture the lever when someone turns the seat.
All in all, it's crudely made. Buyer beware. Photos below.
