Captains / Swivel Chairs, the who, what and how?!?!

[Watson]

the ones in my beddy are amblance seat bases with recro seats. these are adr approvrd

[Warren]

the ones in my beddy are amblance seat bases with recro seats. these are adr approvrd

Can you supply pics and more info ?

Like what sort of ambo they are out of.

Warren

[Adam S]

Or use Delica seats - they mount on easy bolt on flat-to-the-floor rails and are only $270 including seatbelts...

http://www.delicaparts.com/PARTS/SeatSW000.html

any one in Perth carry theses Adam?

I did find one guy in a ring around that said they get them regularly - but I decided not to go that direction and cant for the life of me remember which wrecker it was - sorry... think it was in yellow pages and referred to wrecking mitsubishis as one of a few brands they specialise in

[Sundownernz]

Hi all,

Managed to get some pics of the swivel bases I made up years ago. These are fully certified.



Passengers seat showing release leaver on side.



This is the base with the seat removed. The lever is pushed down to release the locking pin and swivel the seat. Standard CF runners are used under the seat. The cap screw in the centre of the base releases the swivel section. The other 4 cap screws release the tube to allow for the top bearing replacement if ever needed.



This is the locking unit. The locking pin is hardened at the bottom and spring loaded to automatically drop into the locking hole.



This is the swivel base viewed from the bottom. There are two roller bearings, one you can see, the other is at the base of the tube. You can also see the brass block the locking pin slides in.



This is the base bolted into the floor. Doubler plates are welded under the floor to bolt into. The base plate is at 15 degrees to the spigot to allow for the slope in the floor. The drivers seat is the same as this but with the release lever on the opposite side.

Hope this helps. It's a bit of an overkill really but is strong, works, is certified and cost me nothing to make.

Cheers,
Garry.

[Warren]

Thanks for the pics Garry, great looking setup

What size is the shaft and bearings ?

Warren

[Sundownernz]

Good question, well asked. Can't say for sure without pulling it apart again, but the shaft is about 40mm dia. The bearings are just two I had loafing around so not even sure what they were originally for. Any large dia roller bearings will do the trick as the axial loading they can take is about 100 times more than the load you'll put them through.

Garry.

[ben]

looks really really really good garry.. thanks for that!

ben

[Warren]

Thanks Garry

I asked because I have been playing around with simplifying the design and was wondering what size shaft would support the weight and loads.

I had thought of using tapper roller bearings on a say 3/4 to 1 inch shaft, like a headstem on a bike.

Warren 

[Tweaker]

Wow Garry! You're a chief! That's high Tech!

I cheated, mine came from America. I can't remember if they were out of a Dodge or a Cheverolet originally.

[tiwaz_nz]

thanks for the pics garry great pics and very cool seat base gives me a lot to think about