Hi, I have a 2003 Burstner 660 and we are getting all the seats re-upholstered this month in leather.
However, I have a small problem. I thought that before the seats were collected i'd tackle the arm rests & improve them as they were all different degrees of 'stiff .... to .... floppy' (no puns please )
However, that does not seem easily done .... as the arm rests are held in place by a nut through which a cotter pin holds the nut in place, this is designed to prevent the nut coming loose through the normal arm rest up & down motion.
Playing with the adjustment of this nut, I achieve an arm rest that is really tight or an arm rest thats is loose ?
Unfortunately, I cannot remove the arm rest ..... it appears that the mechanism must be released from inside the back of the seat & the nut on the outside is for adjustment only ? I presume that when the seat is re-upholstered this will give access to the arm rest fixing & they can be removed.
My problem is; I think the arm rest internal mechanisms have worn with age and that the 'floppyness' of the arm rest is due to worn parts. (there are steel bars that run through nylon spacers / sockets ... & they look worn / mis-shapen )
I am worried that the seats after re-upholstering will be let down by the 'worn' arm rests & i'll be disappointed with the outcome. ( the arm rests will only get worse over the next 5 - 10 years !)
So, my options are ......
1.) investigate whether it is possible to get new arm rest mechanisms ? & fit before re-upholstered
2.) dispense with the arm rests & re-upholster seat without arm rests
3.) buy new seats ?
1.) unlikely to find ? could be expensive .... possibly could get 2nd hand ?
2.) zero cost ...... no delays
3.) EXPENSIVE ?
I am tending towards Option 2. ...... Any other ideas anyone ?
However, I have a small problem. I thought that before the seats were collected i'd tackle the arm rests & improve them as they were all different degrees of 'stiff .... to .... floppy' (no puns please )
However, that does not seem easily done .... as the arm rests are held in place by a nut through which a cotter pin holds the nut in place, this is designed to prevent the nut coming loose through the normal arm rest up & down motion.
Playing with the adjustment of this nut, I achieve an arm rest that is really tight or an arm rest thats is loose ?
Unfortunately, I cannot remove the arm rest ..... it appears that the mechanism must be released from inside the back of the seat & the nut on the outside is for adjustment only ? I presume that when the seat is re-upholstered this will give access to the arm rest fixing & they can be removed.
My problem is; I think the arm rest internal mechanisms have worn with age and that the 'floppyness' of the arm rest is due to worn parts. (there are steel bars that run through nylon spacers / sockets ... & they look worn / mis-shapen )
I am worried that the seats after re-upholstering will be let down by the 'worn' arm rests & i'll be disappointed with the outcome. ( the arm rests will only get worse over the next 5 - 10 years !)
So, my options are ......
1.) investigate whether it is possible to get new arm rest mechanisms ? & fit before re-upholstered
2.) dispense with the arm rests & re-upholster seat without arm rests
3.) buy new seats ?
1.) unlikely to find ? could be expensive .... possibly could get 2nd hand ?
2.) zero cost ...... no delays
3.) EXPENSIVE ?
I am tending towards Option 2. ...... Any other ideas anyone ?