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DIY Sprinter Van – seat swivels revisited

Sprinter van seats swiveled

Sprinter van seats swiveled

&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;140759158&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;140759158&lowbar;HDR-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seat swivels" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"768" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Seat swivels" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Seat swivel upgrade<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>One of the first upgrades we made to the van was a seat swivel to improve the use of interior space of the van for when we are not driving&period;  You can read about that first experience here&colon;  <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;swivel-seat-install&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;swivel-seat-install&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The original swivel upgrade worked fine&comma; but the increased seat height was awkward&comma; especially being vertically challenged folks as we are&period;  We adapted by adding a teak shower mat to raise the level of the floor&period;  This was fine for the passenger seat but would not work for the driver seat&period;  So we just stuck with a single swivel seat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181116&lowbar;085714726&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181116&lowbar;085714726&lowbar;HDR-1024x685&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Teak shower mat foot rest" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"685" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Teak shower mat foot rest" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Teak shower mat foot rest&NewLine;&Tab;<p>Then&comma; one day while perusing Instagram&comma; we saw this post from one of our favorite Instagrammers&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;ourlibertyvan&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;OurLibertyVan<&sol;a> showing a new seat swivel on the market with a very low overall profile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Screen-Shot-2018-11-14-at-9&period;03&period;24-PM&period;png" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;Screen-Shot-2018-11-14-at-9&period;03&period;24-PM-1024x745&period;png" alt&equals;"Instagram post from &commat;OurLibertyVan" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"745" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Instagram post from &commat;OurLibertyVan" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Instagram post from &commat;OurLibertyVan&NewLine;&Tab;<p>After seeing this post&comma; we looked into this swivel some more and found only positive feedback&period; We sent an email to Alpine Mechanisms and got on the waiting list for a pair of swivels&period;  After a few weeks&comma; we got the call that the swivels are available&period;  Since <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;alpinemechanisms&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Luftcraft&sol;Alpine Mechanisms<&sol;a> is within a couple hours of home&comma; I arranged to pick them up instead of having them shipped&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181102&lowbar;113728352&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181102&lowbar;113728352&lowbar;HDR-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"LuftKraft &sol; Alpine Mechanisms in Colorado Springs" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"768" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"LuftKraft &sol; Alpine Mechanisms in Colorado Springs" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;LuftKraft &sol; Alpine Mechanisms in Colorado Springs&NewLine;&Tab;<p>The visit was very worthwhile&comma; the folks at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;alpinemechanisms&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Alpine Mechanisms<&sol;a> are super nice and enjoyed talking about their van builds as well as hearing about our experience so far&period;  They are also very proud of their swivel and offered any and all support&comma; if needed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the swivels in hand&comma; the first impression is that they live up to the feedback we saw&period;  The construction is very sturdy and clean&period;  The simple swivel mechanism and counter-sunk bolts are the design features that achieve the very low profile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181105&lowbar;074545055&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181105&lowbar;074545055&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bottom" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"4160" width&equals;"3120" title&equals;"Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bottom" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bottom&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181105&lowbar;074443748&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181105&lowbar;074443748&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bolt" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"4160" width&equals;"3120" title&equals;"Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bolt" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bolt&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181105&lowbar;074524356&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181105&lowbar;074524356&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Top" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"4160" width&equals;"3120" title&equals;"Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Top" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Top&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181105&lowbar;074430261&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181105&lowbar;074430261&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bolt" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"4160" width&equals;"3120" title&equals;"Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bolt" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Alpine Mechanisms Seat Swivel Bolt&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Installation<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The accompanying installation instructions are mostly very well done&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Seat belt mount<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The anchor of the seat belt is mounted to the seat&period;  Due to this&comma; the seat belt would be in the way when the seat is turned if the seat belt anchor is not mounted to another location&period;  The Alpine Mechanisms swivel provides a mount for the seat belt anchor on the bottom plate of the swivel so that the seat belt can remain stationary when the seat is turned&period;  One of the tips in the instructions is to attach the seat belt anchor to the mount before attaching the swivel to the pedestal for easier tool access&&num;8230&semi;definitely follow this advice or you won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to get a wrench in to tighten the bolt&period; &lpar;ask me how I know&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;115234836&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;115234836&lowbar;HDR-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seatbelt mount on the swivel" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Seatbelt mount on the swivel" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Seatbelt mount on the swivel&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Seat swivel install<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Installing the swivel onto the pedestal is very straight-forward&comma; unless the bolt holes on the swivel do not match up with the threaded bolt holes on the pedestal&period;  This can be due to the pedestal being out of square&period;  This is easy enough to remedy&period;  With the seat and swivel out of the way&comma; loosen the 4 pedestal mounting bolts just a little&period;  2 bolts are inside the pedestal&comma; one is outside on the back of the pedestal and one is outside toward the center of the van&period;  With these bolts loosened&comma; bolt the swivel into place&period;  This will move the pedestal enough to get it to align properly with the swivel without bending anything&period;  Then remove the swivel and tighten the 4 pedestal mounting bolts&period;  Now you can install the swivel to the pedestal&period;  Be sure to use a torque wrench as the recommended 35 ft-lbs is a lot of torque&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;130725870&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;130725870&lowbar;HDR-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seat pedestal mounting bolts" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Seat pedestal mounting bolts" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Seat pedestal mounting bolts&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;114602226&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;114602226&lowbar;HDR-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seat swivel on pedestal" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Seat swivel on pedestal" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Seat swivel on pedestal&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Seat skirt trimming<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Before the seat can be mounted on the swivel&comma; the plastic skirt that covers the seat tracks needs to be cut down so that it does not interfere with the swiveling action of the seat&period;  The instructions show using masking tape to mark the proper height and this worked well&period;  I used a Dremel oscillating saw to make the cuts which made easy work of this&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;120300773&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;120300773-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Cutting the seat skirt" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Cutting the seat skirt" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Cutting the seat skirt&NewLine;&Tab;<p>Once the seat skirt is trimmed&comma; installation of the seat onto the swivel is pretty straight forward&period;  Again&comma; be sure to use a torque wrench on the bolts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;122638047&lowbar;HDR-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Torque Wrench on seat swivel bolt" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Torque Wrench on seat swivel bolt" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Hook up the seat wires<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The last piece&comma; at least for the passenger seat&comma; is to reconnect the wiring harness connectors that were disconnected when you took the seat out&period;  The hole in the swivel is big enough the you can get a hand in to fish out the connectors from within the pedestal in case you forgot to hold them out when mounting the swivel&period;  The connectors themselves are very different from each other so it is unlikely that you can hook anything up wrong&period;  The number of connectors you have will depend on the options you have in your van&period;  We have 2 connectors on the passenger seat and 3 on the drivers seat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;114408440&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;114408440&lowbar;HDR-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Driver side seat wire connectors" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"768" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Driver side seat wire connectors" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Driver side seat wire connectors&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Parking brake handle relocation<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>If you are installing the driver side seat swivel&comma; the hardest part of this was installing the parking brake handle bracket and cutting the plastic cover&period;  The Alpine Mechanisms instructions got a little vague for this part&comma; so hopefully the following detail will be helpful&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;114554509&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;114554509&lowbar;HDR-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Parking brake handle" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"768" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Parking brake handle" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Parking brake handle&NewLine;&Tab;<p>The first thing is to remove the rear cover&period;  This requires a slight tug toward the rear of the van to separate the rear cover from the front cover&period;  There is a grooved channel that connects the two parts of the cover with friction&period;  Next&comma; there is a clip that is pressed in toward the driver seat pedestal&period;  This needs to be pulled directly toward the passenger seat with some sturdy force and the cover will come free&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;brakecoverconnector&period;png" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;brakecoverconnector-995x1024&period;png" alt&equals;"Brake handle cover connector" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"995" title&equals;"Brake handle cover connector" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Brake handle cover connector&NewLine;&Tab;<p>With the rear cover removed&comma; the bolts holding the brake handle to the pedestal can be removed&period;  The brake handle adapter plate that came with the driver seat swivel can then be installed with the provided bolts&period;  Be sure to torque these bolts at this time as you won&&num;8217&semi;t be able to access these bolts later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;115454256&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;115454256&lowbar;HDR-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Brake handle adapter plate installed" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"768" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Brake handle adapter plate installed" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Brake handle adapter plate installed&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;115914283&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;115914283&lowbar;HDR-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Brake handle adapter plate installed" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Brake handle adapter plate installed" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Brake handle adapter plate installed&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Parking brake handle adapter<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The brake handle will be lowered by about 2&period;75 inches and the front of the handle will be angled down toward the floor such that it remains below the level of the seat swivel at all times&period;  This way the parking brake handle will not interfere with the operation of the seat swivel&period;  The next step is to cut the lower part of the parking brake handle front cover away&period;  You&&num;8217&semi;ll need to cut about 3 inches off of the bottom of the cover and the cut should follow the angle and contour of the bottom of the cover&period;   It took me a couple tries to get this right&period;  When making this cut&comma; be super careful to not damage the brake cable housing or small sensor wires that are in the vicinity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;121323732&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;121323732&lowbar;HDR-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Cutting the front parking brake handle cover" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"768" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Cutting the front parking brake handle cover" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Cutting the front parking brake handle cover &lpar;first attempt was not enough&rpar;&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Parking Brake Handle <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>With the front cover trimmed&comma; it is time to align the original bolt holes of the parking brake handle to the welded nuts of the adapter bracket&period;  A tip in the instructions is to put some lubricant on the parking brake cable housing so that it can slide through the grommet in the floor of the van more easily&period; However&comma; the housing is very stiff&period;  The first few inches slid though the hole fairly easily&comma; but then there was more resistance&period;   It took some force from above to get the housing to push through enough slack to get the brake handle to line up with the adapter bracket&period;  Checking the underside of the van&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll see that the housing will slide between the fuel tank and the fuel tank protective cover&period;  I didn&&num;8217&semi;t need to do anything under the van&period;  I just wanted to be sure that the additional housing beneath the van was not touching anything that moves or gets hot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;121826232&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;121826232&lowbar;HDR-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Parking brake housing going through the floor of the van" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Parking brake housing going through the floor of the van" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Parking brake housing going through the floor of the van&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;155530463&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;155530463&lowbar;HDR-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Parking brake housing from underneath the van" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"768" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Parking brake housing from underneath the van" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Parking brake housing from underneath the van&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Brake Cable Housing<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The above pictures show how much brake cable housing had to move&period;  The white indicator on the housing is above the floor in the first picture and the same indicator is below the van in the second picture&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the brake cable housing out of the way&comma; the brake handle bolt holes can be lined up with the adapter bracket weld nuts and connected using the original bolts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Rear Cover<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The rear cover needs quite a bit of trimming&period;  Space is needed to accommodate the adapter bracket on the inside and the bottom needs to be trimmed away due to the lower position of the handle&period;  Once again&comma; this took several tries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;124159440&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;124159440&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Parking brake cover trimming" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"3120" width&equals;"4160" title&equals;"Parking brake cover trimming" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Parking brake cover trimming&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;125644898&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;125644898&lowbar;HDR-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Parking brake cover trimming" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Parking brake cover trimming" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Parking brake cover trimming&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;124354839&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181114&lowbar;124354839&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Parking brake cover trimming" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"3120" width&equals;"4160" title&equals;"Parking brake cover trimming" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Parking brake cover trimming&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181116&lowbar;133901145&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181116&lowbar;133901145&lowbar;HDR-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Parking brake handle with adapter installed" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"768" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Parking brake handle with adapter installed" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Parking brake handle with adapter installed&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Reinstall the cover<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Once the rear cover is cut to shape&comma; it can be reinstalled in reverse order of the steps for removing it&period;  Align the clip and press it in toward the driver seat and then push forward to align the rear cover groove with the front cover groove and it will sit in nicely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Locking Pin<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The last detail is the locking pin that holds the swivel straight for when you are driving&period;  A nice feature of this locking pin design is that if you turn the pin to the fully unlocked position&comma; the pin stays raised away from the swivel platform and does not drag while turning the seat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;123011276-1&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;123011276-1-1024x984&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seat swivel locking pin in locked position" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"984" width&equals;"1024" title&equals;"Seat swivel locking pin in locked position" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Seat swivel locking pin in locked position&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181116&lowbar;144501127&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181116&lowbar;144501127&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seat swivel locking pin in open position" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"2828" width&equals;"2888" title&equals;"Seat swivel locking pin in open position" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Seat swivel locking pin in open position&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Seat Height<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Our overall goal was to have seat swivels that didn&&num;8217&semi;t add so much height to the seats&&num;8230&semi;mission accomplished&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;124946984&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;124946984&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seat height with Alpine Mehanisms swivel" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"4160" width&equals;"3120" title&equals;"Seat height with Alpine Mehanisms swivel" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Seat height with Alpine Mehanisms swivel&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;112521698&lowbar;HDR&period;jpg" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" itemprop&equals;"url" rel&equals;"noopener">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ridingroadsandtrails&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;IMG&lowbar;20181104&lowbar;112521698&lowbar;HDR-768x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Seat height with Sportcraft swivel" itemprop&equals;"image" height&equals;"1024" width&equals;"768" title&equals;"Seat height with Sportcraft swivel" onerror&equals;"this&period;style&period;display&equals;'none'" &sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Seat height with Sportcraft swivel&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Seat swivel operation <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The swivels operate smoothly and feel very sturdy&period;  If there is any drawback&comma; and it is very minor&comma; it is that you need to release the locking pin at the back of the seat before rotating the seat&period;  The Sportcraft swivel has the release on the front&comma; making it a one-step operation where this is a two-step operation&period;  This really is a nit-pick&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Worth it&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Was it worth the upgrade when we already had one swivel installed&quest;  Definitely&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;search&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&&num;038&semi;tag&equals;ridingroadsan-20&&num;038&semi;linkCode&equals;ur2&&num;038&semi;linkId&equals;71dbf898dd3b7ccc0678f284b1f3d842&&num;038&semi;camp&equals;1789&&num;038&semi;creative&equals;9325&&num;038&semi;index&equals;automotive&&num;038&semi;keywords&equals;sprinter&percnt;20campervan" title&equals;"Support our site by shopping on Amazon with this link at no cost to you" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener nofollow">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;Support our site by shopping on Amazon with this link at no cost to you&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;<&sol;h1>&NewLine;&Tab;<h2><strong>Tools and Materials<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amzn&period;to&sol;2qPccrl" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Dremel MM45 Oscillating tool with blades<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amzn&period;to&sol;2DmKVUF" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Craftsman torque wrench<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amzn&period;to&sol;2Bc9v93" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Hex key sockets<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amzn&period;to&sol;3BXOjBB" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">12 point sockets<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amzn&period;to&sol;2OOhvkb" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">White lithium grease spray<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amzn&period;to&sol;2Q3qEtZ" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Painter&&num;8217&semi;s tape<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;alpinemechanisms&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Alpine Mechanisms seat swivels<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;<font size&equals;"5"><strong>&NewLine;<a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;search&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;tag&equals;ridingroadsan-20&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;ur2&amp&semi;linkId&equals;71dbf898dd3b7ccc0678f284b1f3d842&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;index&equals;automotive&amp&semi;keywords&equals;sprinter campervan" rel&equals;"noopener">Support our website by shopping on Amazon with this link<&sol;a> <img src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;ridingroadsan-20&amp&semi;l&equals;ur2&amp&semi;o&equals;1" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" alt&equals;""&sol;> <&sol;strong>&NewLine;<&sol;font>&NewLine;

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