Westy Table vertical slider modification (How-to)

[Sodo]

[Alaskaberrys]

[latelogan]

This is an oldie, but new to me!
I ran out got the 24" length of 3/4" BIP and 2 1/2" electrical conduit lock nuts and had this done in about an hour! (cut off about 1.5" for total length of ~22.5")

I added an LDPE washer at the bottom to make it turn smoother (instead of metal on metal) when its all the way down.

And then I cut a collar of the same LDPE and stuck it in the end of the table leg pipe as a spacer. (don't know if it will move in the long run, but it seems pretty stable so far

Thanks to all the posters for this one! I wouldn't have realised how much I needed this mod without seeing it!

Amazing. My wife cant stop smiling about this one! ($10 bucks!!!)

Makes me wonder what other goodies are in the depths...

Maybe we should have a best mod thread!
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1991 Westy stock 2.1 auto transmission
1978 Westy (Sold)
1971 Westy (Sold)

[fxr]

[Sodo]

[Beast McGee]

So I've got the Van Cafe rear table extender kit here, and first step is to remove the table leg...which apparently has a flange at the bottom in my 1982! Do I need to get out the sawzall or maybe hack saw and take that off so I can install this baby? Anyone have experience with this issue? It's after their hours and I'd love to finish this project so I can put my van back together to travel tomorrow

[vanis13]

I LOVE the raised table and if I put the small table there I can open the closet
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[Jan Steinman]

[jimf909]

This magnet (see prev. page) has worked swimmingly since 2019 for me, nothing has broken after hundreds(?) of cycles. I believe I tried the round magnets and didn't get enough stick-to-it-ive-ness with them. I don't believe the table has ever released from this magnet in my high-speed slalom runs on the skid pad.

p.s. I wish the straps I screwed to the table looked better but I haven't noticed them in years...until looking at that post.

Oy! I paid $8.76 for it back in 2019.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013L36SXA/ref=p...15e690da65

[kamzcab86]

[Sodo]

I need a better solution, mine (on p1) works “ok”, but is just barely strong enough.
The simplicity of the magnet as a holder still appeals to me.
I might try larger magnets (3/8 diameter).
But if that doesn’t work maybe try something like jimf909.

Regarding those neodymium magnets screwed to the wall.
They don’t break at the screw hole?
Neodymium is brittle as glass.
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'90 Westy EJ25, NEW oil rings (!) 2Peloquins, 3knobs, SyncroShop pressure-oiled pinion-bearing & GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox.
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered original gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb

[Klister]

[quote="jimf909"]I was researching the adjustable table height mod and saw this about the magnets. I too tried small magnets but they didn't hold 100% of the time so I added a much bigger magnet, screwed into the c-pillar with a metal strip on the table. This has held 100% of the time for about a year.

Neodymium magnet...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013L36SXA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Screwed to the c-pillar

Metal strap on the table

Thanks for suggestion. Installed- works great.

[HORIZONSRB]

Thank you all! This is a great addition/modification. I just did it with PVC pipe 3/4 in, and covered it with a closet rod plastic cover that I had lying around to get it to just about the right diameter.

[jefhaz]

[spitsnrovers]

In reply to Wellington, who asked if anyone had cut the table shorter to clear the wardrobe doors:
Here's my solution
http://www.griffco.ca/VW/vwtablemod.htm
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'88 VW Westfalia
'75 Triumph Spitfire 1500

[deadaheadub]

[deadaheadub]

[ALIKA T3]

[deadaheadub]

Does anyone else have the problem of the table leg spinning freely but unable to lift up? I can only swing the table out horizontally but I cannot lift it vertically.
Anyone know why and what I need to do to make it lift up? I'd like to make this mod.
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Grateful daily,
Ryan
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Past loves: '65 Bug, '70 Westy poptop, '64 Squareback project, '76 Westy tintop "Loose Lucy", '76 Westy tintop "Sharee"
Current:'84 Westy poptop "Ramblin' Rose- Rosie" w/ 2003 Subaru EJ25 conversion

[Wellington]

I have always found the tables to be in my way, so they have been in storage for years. I may visit this option and consider installing the rear table.

Looking at the above picture, has anyone considered cutting the table shorter, just enough to clear the swing of the closet door?

As an alternative, I recall someone took the table and turned it into a closet door on the wide side, Removed the closet door and mounted it back on its support when a table was required.