TheSamba.com :: View topic - What is this nut for? What do you screw to it?

Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:28 pm

I was reconstructing the front driver side pillar (above the jack point) when I noticed this nut inside the pillar that is welded on a 12 gauge plate. At first I thought that the Westy dining seat is screwed to it but when I checked the seat, I cannot find a part that secures the seat to that nut.

I check my 1971 Deluxe bus and it does not have that nut on the pillar. Since the nut is welded to a 12 gauge plate, this means it has to hold some weight when it is attached to something.

Was it placed there during manufacturing because some of the Camper conversion companies have a design that has a use for that nut but not Westfalia?

What is that nut for?

Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:38 pm

To me, that looks like the seatbelt anchor for the early Westfalia jump seat. At least, that's where it is on my '69.

Robbie

Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:24 pm

Yep, Westfalia only seat belt anchor.

Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:08 pm

thanks guys for identifying that nut as a seat belt anchor. I will have to reuse that 12 gauge plate and weld it as part of the pillar after I grind it clean from rust. Hopefully the rust in it is not that bad.