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mwpmorris
Hi everyone,
It may well sound like madness to a lot of you (judging by other swivelling seat posts that I've seen on here), but I'm looking to lower my driver's seat by removing the swivel mechanism.
Bit of background... I have quite short legs and no matter what I do with the seat, it ends up making my right thigh ache on any 30+ min drive. I've narrowed down my plan of action (in order of preference).
1. Remove swivelling mechanism (we won't miss the swivel).
2. Get an auto upholsterer to mould the seat a little.
3. Get a steel fabricator to make a smaller base.
So... going with option 1 - has anyone ever done this successfully? Installing a swivel seems to be a well trodden path, but can't find much evidence of going the other way.
I had a lengthy poke around under the seat this afternoon and can't for the life of me figure out how to make it work. The swivelling base seems to have its own custom runners with risers bolted into them for the swivel base to clip into. I can't see how these runners would work if I managed to remove the swivelling bit.
If anyone has gone this route then I'd love to hear how it went. Thanks in advance!
It may well sound like madness to a lot of you (judging by other swivelling seat posts that I've seen on here), but I'm looking to lower my driver's seat by removing the swivel mechanism.
Bit of background... I have quite short legs and no matter what I do with the seat, it ends up making my right thigh ache on any 30+ min drive. I've narrowed down my plan of action (in order of preference).
1. Remove swivelling mechanism (we won't miss the swivel).
2. Get an auto upholsterer to mould the seat a little.
3. Get a steel fabricator to make a smaller base.
So... going with option 1 - has anyone ever done this successfully? Installing a swivel seems to be a well trodden path, but can't find much evidence of going the other way.
I had a lengthy poke around under the seat this afternoon and can't for the life of me figure out how to make it work. The swivelling base seems to have its own custom runners with risers bolted into them for the swivel base to clip into. I can't see how these runners would work if I managed to remove the swivelling bit.
If anyone has gone this route then I'd love to hear how it went. Thanks in advance!