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Power seat base added to AXIS 25.2
Added 6-way power seat Axis 25.2
After researching the plan was to get a 5.5” pedestal and the Flexsteel standard width power unit. The pedestal bolts directly to the floor using the 7” x7” bolt pattern. The standard width power unit would bolt directly to the pedestal. Then the seat, 14” wide bolt pattern, would use adapter bars to bolt to the 8” wide Power unit. The seat already had the adapter bars on it, one is welded and the other is bolted on. After calling around I found the Flexsteel power unit is either back-ordered or unavailable.
So after researching some more, I found the universal 6-way power unit. The universal one is 14” wide. So I put the 5.5” pedestal, then the adapter bars to go from the 8” wide pedestal to the 14” wide power unit. I only had to buy one adapter bar and there was one that I unbolted from the seat. Then the power unit bolted to the adapter bars on the bottom and directly to the seat on top. I bolted the pedestal in first, then the seat to the power unit, then adapter bars to the bottom of the power unit. Then I put the seat/power unit onto the pedestal. I did this because the bolts going from the adapter bars to the pedestal were the easiest to access.
The original seat had a 10” pedestal and 1” slides for a total of 11” to the bottom of the seat. The new setup has 5.5” pedestal and 4” power unit making it about 9.5” to the seat bottom with the power unit all the way down. Measuring from the seam and the front of the seat it was 18.5 “ from the floor. Now with the power unit it goes from 17” to 19”. Plus, you can move the front and back of the seat up and down independently. I could not put my feet on the floor flat when I first got the RV. I had already removed the ½” spacer washers under the front of the seat and then I could put my feet flat. Now it is extremely comfortable especially because I can lower the back of the seat so it tips back a little. It is awesome.
The original seat was also slightly turned to the left from forward. I found there was enough play in the bolts holding the pedestal to the floor to twist it perfectly straight.
I drilled a ½” hole through the floor right next to the floor plate so the wire is inside the plastic floor trim piece. In the compartment under the driver seat on the AXIS 25.2, there is the Bussman fuse box. I ran the power wire directly to a terminal on the Bussman with a fuse inline. The ground wire was connected to the bracket directly over the compartment door. The ½” hole does go through the metal plate under the bottom of the floor but I wanted to keep the wire inside the plastic on top.
Cost was a little over $500 for pedestal, Power unit and one adapter bar. Totally worth it. I only did the driver's side at this point because of the cost, and the wife has longer legs.
Picture 1 is new 5.5" pedistal
Picture 2 is wire coming through floor
Picture 3 is seat belts attached to pedistal
picture 4 is the power unit sitting on top of pedestal. you can see adapter bars in between power unit and pedistal I was going to bolt it on next but the bolts to mount the power unit to the seat would be very difficult to access in place.
The vinyl on the seats are flaking off so I’m going to try to use the vinyl spray paint if I can find a close match. Several people locally have used it on boat seats and it’s awesome. I’ll post that next good or bad. Plan B would be to either get seat covers or get the vinyl and remake the seat skins myself.
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