Seat Removal On Early T25

[nsjtaylor]

The swivels on my chairs are an absolute beast to turn, and probably aren't very good for the long-term health of swivel base themselves or my blood-pressure...

So I checked on the 'Tube before taking a look, and found a helpful video explaining how to remove the seats. Clearly, I'd need to do this in order to remove/clean/re-grease/replace-lock-nuts.

Went to remove the seats... and didn't find what I was expecting. Which is to say, I did not find a small mechanism on the side of the seat/rail which one simply lifts to fully remove the seat. On close inspection, I found a mechanism UNDER the seat, which is tricky to reach.

My question is; My van is an earlier model ('84), so is it the case that they did indeed change the locking mechanism on the seat from "under" to "side/rail" on the later models? Or... do I just have non-standard seats?

Note; they're the seats with the inbuilt head-rest (and the ergonomic design of a SouthWest Trains seat... they're terribly uncomfortable so I travel with a very thin cushion behind me!)

As always, my gratitude for any answers.

[DoubleOSeven]

I have an '84. You need to pull this lever up to push (go forwards) the seat off the rails.

[nsjtaylor]

I have an '84. The seat adjuster to move it back and forth has a tiny extra catch on it. You need to press this at the same time as hold the lever up to push (go forwards) the seat off the rails. I see if I'lll see if I can find a picture for you.

Ahhh, that might make a bit of sense; I'll take a closer look. On inspection, the latch underneath (which is hard to get to) is quite chunky (if you can get something in there to lift it up), but I hadn't realised that it does extend to the front of the chair for easier access. I should have looked harder! Thanks, DoubleO.