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Mit12 · 08-16-2020, 10:11 AM

My back starts hurting while driving my coach, problems due to an old racing injury. I feel that my legs are having to collapse the seat foam a lot and making my back bow. Any recommendations?

windsorbill · 08-16-2020, 12:26 PM

When I took out my carpet to replace it with engineered wood floors, I took both front seats out. They are held down with 4 bolts that go through the seat base and into the coach frame.

Monaco had shimmed my passenger seat on the back 2 bolts with washers. When I replaced the seats after the floors were done, I had to re-install the washers so the seat back would clear the slide going in and out.

I wonder if you could do the same with the drivers seat. Shim the back bolts to lean the seat a little forward. That and adjusting the seat all the way down, might make a difference.

hypoxia · 08-16-2020, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mit12

My back starts hurting while driving my coach, problems due to an old racing injury. I feel that my legs are having to collapse the seat foam a lot and making my back bow. Any recommendations?

Windsor Bill has the first thing to check. I made a platform for my feet which worked well but I didn’t like having it there all the time so I removed the seat, ground the welds off, shortened the square tubing assembly and welded it together. It made a big difference.

Mit12 · 08-16-2020, 11:33 PM

Hypoxa,

How much did you take off? I was thinking 2 inches.

hypoxia · 08-17-2020, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mit12

Hypoxa, How much did you take off? I was thinking 2 inches.

1.25" was all I could take due to interference of the bolt heads. I have an air ride module on the driver & pax seats which add several inches of seat height. That is why I needed to lower the seat.

YC1 · 08-20-2020, 05:14 PM

2008 Endeavor here. I too have given serious thought to having my pedestal cut down. I would think any welding shop could do it easily.

I have pedal extensions on my pedals and they pedals adjust as well. For my left foot I cut a 4x4 with a slant face and added carpet. My left foot can then rest against it or on top of it.

Happycarz · 08-21-2020, 12:54 AM

When my coach was new, I couldn’t get the seat low enough for my feet to rest flat on the floor. I called Villa and they knew exactly what I was talking about. Monaco was using two different size pedestals.

Villa shipped me two, no charge, back in 2007.

So, check with Villa or Flexsteel , depending on your seat manufacturer, to see if they have a shorter pedestal for your seat.

kketterling · 08-21-2020, 04:15 PM

Like Harry, our pedestals were to high when we bought the coach and Monaco installed the shorter pedestals. Still hanging on to the taller ones in case may legs grow.