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Swivel seat rocking

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The memsahibs swivel seat rocks every time I brake. I've tightened all visible bolts which made a small difference. Can anyone let me know how to fix this>
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Have you tightened the invisible gert big nut underneath in the middle (on the actual swivel point)? Replaced mine with a gert big nylon nut, for just that reason.
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my swivel seat has always moved around on my Autosleeper,one of my mates is a rather large chap and I really wonder the safe it is when he is sat in it but everything is tightened up tight, just a crappy idea that Autosleeper had I reckon, it looks home made to me but that is what they were like apparently
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CVC use to sell little white plastic clips that stopped this happening. Not sure if they still do...
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the biccer clips can be printed out too:
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Autosleeper swivel bases are made with plywood and ballbearings!,mine is anyway, nothing as flash as Westy ones
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Thanks gents. The big nut is welded on mine. I did find missing socket nut under the seat. Same basic swivel set up, rustic but not as bad as the Autosleeper bed.

There is a plastic guide missing from one of the rails. My wife has a panic every time I brake hard and having sat in that seat I can understand why. Handily, Brickwerk sell em-platsic slides not wives
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