Kombi Beach centre bench seat/bed - HELP

**MultiplexMan** · 31-05-2010, 08:34 PM

Hi Brian,

PM your email and I will send you a exploded view of the seat. I've had my seat "stick" often because my drive has a slight slope to it. It is real bugger at times.

Cheers, MM

**rob64981** · 02-06-2010, 09:37 PM

Just seen this on The Brickyard...

Help with rear bench release mechanism - The Brick-yard

Might be of some interest to you.

Rob

**BrianJ** · 03-06-2010, 02:06 PM

Thanks so much to those who provided assistance, I now have a perfectly good working seat.

Even after seeing the exploded view I still couldn't get near the workings as they are enclosed on all sides, but the plate on the inside of each side leg (beach seat only has two side legs) is screwed on with many screws. But first to get at that the large sliding drawer has to be removed which is fairly easy as there is only two small screws on the inside attaching it to the slide rails.

Then the seatbelt roller must be removed to get at one of the screws then the four screws holding the drawer slides on must be removed, then about another 10 screws and the inside plate comes away revealing the wonders of the mechanism.

It was immediately obvious what had happened, the rod connecting the front foot to the rear foot clamping mechamism had popped out at one end. it is held in by plastic bushes with curlover clasps and it all clips together. When one of the rear feet clamps siezes like mine did and you pull the release lever too hard the rod just decides to pop out leaving your seat utterly locked in place.

I liberally sprayed all the mechanisms with highly lubricating marine spray which freed them up beautifully, and the whole thing works like a dream. I suspect that the often large amounts of moisture that builds up in the car when you sleep in it has probably caused some corrosion.

Hopefully the lubricant will prevent this happening again, but one thing is certain, if one of the clamps becomes too tight and you try to force it with the release lever, something will give way causing you to go to the trouble that I had to. In all about 2.5 hrs work.

Brian

**rob64981** · 03-06-2010, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by rob64981

Brian,
I used to have to get a set of grips and wiggle(technical term) the bar that runs across under the seat.
Do this from under the back of the seat.
Once done it work work as it should for a while.
Rob

Thats why i used this special tool and wiggled the main bar...
Glad to see you managed to get things moving again.
Happy camping.
Rob

**BrianJ** · 03-06-2010, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by rob64981

Thats why i used this special tool and wiggled the main bar...
Glad to see you managed to get things moving again.
Happy camping.
Rob

But the bar that fell off was after the long horizontal main bar and between the front and rear floor clamp, so any force put on the main bar could also knock the smaller coupling bar off. Anyway, I am a happy camper again now.

Brian

**David Oswald** · 21-12-2011, 02:44 PM

Thanks to this forum my bench seat is sliding and i am back on holidays............I have included some pics of repair process and modification using some pull ties to stop it happening again for any others with this problem.

https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/2959...oblem?h=322333

**rob64981** · 21-12-2011, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by David Oswald

I have included some pics of repair process

David we can not see your pictures?

Is your picture folder locked?

Rob

**David Oswald** · 21-12-2011, 08:23 PM

have linked pics to dropbox. Was not sure how to get pics to add to post?? Hit add image but did not appear in post. David

**BrianJ** · 21-12-2011, 09:08 PM

Same thing that happened to mine, its amazing how you never know when information from the forum will come in handy.
I don't know if you sprayed some lubricant on the slides near the wheels that move up and down to lock the seat, it is tightness in these that eventually causes the rod to drop out. After I had done all this, my seat moves forward and back more easily then when it was new.

Brian