An example of how to fit the CTA swivel base to our display van
As it is just a display van we are replacing the passenger seat with a single base we are leaving it open
A relative easy process on our van, we simply slid the seat all the way forward to expose the rear bolts, removed them, we then slid it back to expose the front bolts and removed them (keep hold of the existing bolts you are going to need them!)
Our seat was then loose and we could simply lift it off, our particular van had the seat belt attached to the seat so it could not go far but was able to move out of the way for the next stage
We opened the box and laid out the contents to make sure we had everything, this swivel will fit vehicles from 2006 right up to current date on both the Sprinter & Crafter vans.
With ours being a 2007 we did not need the additional spacer pins (circled below) that you would need if your vehicle is produced after 2017
We positioned the swivel in place, made sure it was the correct way round, handle to the front and made sure it was the right way up, so that you had to press the handle down to operate
We opened the plate slightly to expose the 4 holes on the bottom half of the plate and lined up with the holes and started threading the existing bolts into position
Once we were happy with all fitted well we tightened the bolts and went onto the next stage
The next stage was to position the seat back onto the top half, use the new bolts, washers and nuts supplied to secure the seat to the swivel plate
We inserted the bolt through bottom of the swivel plate, through the holes on the seat and put the nuts on top, we hand tightened them first to make sure all was OK
We had to turn the plate slightly to get access to each of the 4 corner holes easily, once we were happy everything fitted well we tightened the nuts and bolts
For most this would be the end of the installation, however our particular chair had some nice decorative trims down either side and although the seat did work with these trims on, they did rub slightly on the handbrake and the swivel plate
We made the decision to cut these off, there was a perforated section about half way up which we were able to cut with a Stanley knife, it did expose the workings of the seat slightly and if this was not a display van we would have perhaps cut slightly less off
Finished job below
