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Helm Seat Base Repair

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Helm Seat Base Repair

Postby feeez » July 10th, 2016, 7:23 am

On our way back from an outing this year I noticed that the helm seat was rocking back and forth on its mount.... not good!. Took it apart and brought the swivel base home for investigation. Here is my video of the repair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Tio-KpRLA


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Re: Helm Seat Base Repair

Postby Viper » July 10th, 2016, 8:25 am

Good one Fraser. Thanks :down:
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Re: Helm Seat Base Repair

Postby RuffLife » July 11th, 2016, 11:35 am

Nice job! I wish we had that helm seat. We have the bench seat on ours and its not the most comfortable seat for long cruises. Have thought of replacing the bench with either a captains chair like you have or at least a bench with a bolster.
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Re: Helm Seat Base Repair

Postby TonyC » July 14th, 2016, 2:56 pm

Nice video!

A couple of questions ...
1. It appears that you have two damaged holes. Did you drill out new holes for both?
2. With the new hole(s), did the undamaged holes/bolts line-up or did you have to drill out additional holes?

We also have the bench and would rather have the individual captain seat like yours. The port passenger seat is a single and wobbles. Fixing is on my to do list. Your video will help!

Thanks,

Tony
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Re: Helm Seat Base Repair

Postby feeez » July 16th, 2016, 7:53 pm

Tony C

I drilled out 4 holes which kept the spacing uniform around the circle. The other 2 original holes although still intact were showing signs of stress. I am thinking of adding 4 more screws to this assemble just to spread the load out even more.
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Re: Helm Seat Base Repair

Postby TonyC » July 18th, 2016, 10:29 am

Feeez ... Thanks for the info and reply!
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