[SOLVED] Factory Swivels Won't Swivel!

[mattkwak]

I have just removed my seats to do EHU and leisure battery install and now when I have reinstalled everything the factory swivels won't swivel. I assume something has got out of alignment but can't see what. I have moved the seats fully backwards and forwards and all of that works ok, nothing fouling.

Any assistance appreciated.

 

[t6 soon]

if you remove will they swivel then

 

[t6 soon]

got some California swivels just checked swivel ok when on carpet/floor

 

[mattkwak]

if you remove will they swivel then

Haven't taken them back off yet. I probably will have to next. Was hoping there might be something simple to check first.

 

[Pezz]

Did you resolve this in the end? My passenger seat factory swivel has started sticking - it rotates correctly and freely till it gets to about 120 degrees then bangs into something which stops it. I took the grey plastic bits off the bottom of the seat to see if I could see anything and there is a bracket behind the catch lever that hits part of the base - looks like it would never have been able to get past it but it has worked perfectly since I had the van 14 months ago...

 

[mattkwak]

Once I took them off and rotated they were fine. I think something was out of alignment when I bolted it down, maybe with the runners. When I put them back in place all was OK.

 

[Grim Reaper]

I had a nut come loose on a swivel seat that lodged itself in the rotating mechanism, once I found it and removed it all was good again, take a good look all around the seat base and see if there's anything in there that shouldn't be