Bessacarr 454 Dinette question

[chrisfsi]

Hi

For reasons too complicated to go into, we'll be spending Christmas eve on our van on our son's drive, and will be using the dinette bed for the first time.(Well, our daughter will...) So, trying to put this up this afternoon and I have a question.. The table in the cabin attaches to a lower bracket on the side of the van to form part of the bed base, and uses a short stubby leg to support itself (rather then the long leg it uses when it's a table). But there's only one stubby leg, at the front of the table, leaving the back of the table unsupported. The front of the bench seat frame has a sort of a ledge that the back back of the table almost rests on, but I don't think it's actually designed to do that, as it doesn't align naturally and I don't want to force it.

The unsupported bit of the table ends up in the middle of the bed base, so it may just be that it doesn't really need any more support, but at the same time I don't want to risk snapping anything if it is missing a leg of some kind.

Any Bessie 454 (or similar) owners out their who use theirs regularly that could comment / advise?

Thanks in advance..

Chris

 

[Paulypaul]

Hi Chris,
We had a 2015 Bessacarr E454 and from memory when you made the front bed up you had the side seat pulled out with the two legs supporting it, the table top attached to the lower bracket that also rested on the forward facing seat base and just the one leg attached to the table base which looks as though it ends up in the centre of the made up bed.
Hope this helps? Have you had the van long? Perhaps the dealer may be able to help?
Paul

 

[chrisfsi]

Thanks Paul - you've described it exactly. It looks as if the back of the table top should rest on the forward facing seat base, it just seems to be slightly the wrong height, and also not quite aligned. I'll have another fiddle with it tomorrow and see if I can make it work. We've had the van about a year, and yes I can ask the dealer when we take it in for its habitation check in January. Was looking to get some feedback as we want to use it on Tuesday night! We've not actually had to use the dinette before.
Cheers
Chris

 

[Paulypaul]

OK Chris, I'm sure that's how it goes so just have a fiddle and tell your daughter not to fidget too much on bed!