Dinette Booth Seating Support in Challenger 37TB
On a recent trip, a friend was sliding into the forward facing inside seating position in the dinette booth in our 2017 Thor Challenger 37TB. There was 'thunk' sound and the seat dropped about an inch. Upon investigating, I found the supporting seating frame next to the wall was constructed with connecting 1'x2' piece of wood and attached with staples with no support framing. There were also staples on the bottom of the adjoining wood pieces. If you zoom in on the first and third pictures, you can see where the staples were used on the top of the original framing. The second picture shows the installed wood support.
I removed the staples from the 'broken' side using a needlenose pliers and then added additional supports on both sides of the seat frame securing with screws. I only had 1x2s and a section of 1x4 pieces of wood available at the time of the repair and I doubled up in the corner next to the wall where the staples failed. I pre-drilled the screws to make the placement and drilling process easier as I held the wood in place. After completing this with the wood I had on hand, I'd suggest using a 2x4 and run them the length on the both sides of the booth.
With a tape measure, saw, drill, a 2"x4"x8' piece of wood to cut and screws, the job should take about 30-45 minutes. Oh, and add a staple gun and another 2-3 minutes for re-stapling the velcro on the seat backings if necessary.
Happy trails!
Jay
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