Removing the table leg in Pilote p600

[Busybees]

Hi all. The table in our Pilote is much too large for our needs and makes moving from the cab seats into the rest of the van very tight. We have a smaller top to replace it. The problem is the fixed leg of the top is fixed to the floor and despite removing the visible fixing screws will not budge. We want to move it 6 inches towards the window and 2 inches towards the main seat. Does anyone have any idea how it is fixed other than the screws in the base plate? Thanks.

 

[scotzsue]

Hi all. The table in our Pilote is much too large for our needs and makes moving from the cab seats into the rest of the van very tight. We have a smaller top to replace it. The problem is the fixed leg of the top is fixed to the floor and despite removing the visible fixing screws will not budge. We want to move it 6 inches towards the window and 2 inches towards the main seat. Does anyone have any idea how it is fixed other than the screws in the base plate? Thanks.

at least you have managed to get the screws out, ours in a different van, wont budge. the table leg may also be stuck to the floor, so maybe a very fine blade like for removing sikaflex?

 

[Sasbo]

Is it the solid one piece leg or the telescopic one?

If it's the solid leg and all screws are removed, strip a 1 metre length of 3 core cable and remove the earth wire core. Wrap each end of the wire around a piece of dowel and secure.

Then use the wire like a cheese cutter between the table leg baseplate and the floor to remove any adhesive.

This worked when I removed the table on my G740.

 

[tonyidle]

My Le Voyageur table leg was a gigantic device with a drawer for wine bottles and a two-way slide mechanism that would not look out of place as a piece of civil engineering. And it weighed a ton. It was held to the floor by 4 x 10mm bolts. Once the bolts were removed (and a few wood screws inside the van and nuts/washers underneath the van) it wouldn't budge. Serious attempts to knee it free and finally a good push freed it from the floor. There was no adhesive as such but it certainly held on tightly. I suspect yours might be the same. Just be certain all fasteners are out then pretend you're falling over drunk and lean on it. I'm pretty sure it'll give in without too much of a struggle.

 

[TheBig1]

if the screws are out, it's stuck to the vinyl and you need a wide chisel or bolster and a heavy hammer to crack the seal

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[pandas]

our table leg on a Hymer was stuck fast after the screws/bolts were removed. Not glued but just stuck after being in position for so long under pressure. I reverted to using a wide wood chisel between the base of the leg and the floor with a flat plate to stop any scoring. A few hard taps with a hammer it broke free. Be careful though it flew backwards so quickly the top of the leg dented the floor. The 'cheese cutter' sounds a more scientific solution.

 

[scotzsue]

now I know how to get it off I just need to get the bl**dy screws out.
Ratchet as suggested is a good idea, but John has locked his toolbox
It's in for MOT just been told it needs new throttle assembly about £350 + labour ouch. Can't afford a new table now.

 

[Minxy]

now I know how to get it off I just need to get the bl**dy screws out.
Ratchet as suggested is a good idea, but John has locked his toolbox
It's in for MOT just been told it needs new throttle assembly about £350 + labour ouch. Can't afford a new table now.

Wanna borrow my lump hammer?

 

[TheBig1]

the issue with using a cheese wire or wire saw is it will destroy the floor surface. There is no glue to cut through as the floor is stuck and become bonded to the metal table leg. It is more than suction, it has chemically bonded under pressure. It takes quite a bit of force to release

 

[Speve]

I removed ours on a Hymer with a flat piece of alloy finger plate and an old 1 1/2” bevel edged wood chisel just tapping gently all the way around until it released the seal it was bolted right through into a plate connected to the chassis.

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[scotzsue]

Wanna borrow my lump hammer?

We've got one thanks John doesn't want to drill the screws out they wont budge it is in for service and MOT at the moment. He has vetoed me asking them to have a go. Just need to wait till he is at golf and we have it back wonder if he will notice. it's a great table for feeding 6 though. but that is only about a dozen times a year.

 

[Minxy]

We've got one thanks John doesn't want to drill the screws out they wont budge it is in for service and MOT at the moment. He has vetoed me asking them to have a go. Just need to wait till he is at golf and we have it back wonder if he will notice. it's a great table for feeding 6 though. but that is only about a dozen times a year.

You need an impact driver ... for which you WILL need to use a lump hammer! Seriously they are a bit like a screwdriver with interchangeable ends but the body has a mechanism inside so that when you hit it with a hammer the impact turns the tip at a higher force than you can do yourself ... google if you don't know what I'm on about.

 

[scotzsue]

John is/was an engineer am sure he has an impact driver somewhere, think, as he is not keen on having the table removed, he is not going to try too hard to take it out.
When are you home ?

 

[Minxy]

John is/was an engineer am sure he has an impact driver somewhere, think, as he is not keen on having the table removed, he is not going to try too hard to take it out.
When are you home ?

Mid-February at the latest.