Lubricating / cleaning lower bed slider?

[soogray]

I am a solo traveller and a newbie Cali Ocean T6.1 2021 owner and I am having trouble sliding out my lower bed. I have read all the suggestions and am doing things as suggested but it is still almost impossible for me to move (I am no longer young in years). There is no associated noise and I am lifting the handle that extra bit, I think it is hair, dust, grime etc collected over time on the slider under the bed but I have no idea how I can get to it to clean / lubricate it. The runners in the floor are clean and grime free.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks

 

[sidepod]

Have you tried the accepted method of moving it?
Sit on the seat in the middle , lift the handle fully and kind of lunge forward whilst holding the handle. Sometimes it can jam so try a little backwards push before the forward bit.
Once moved, clean behind/under etc.

It may be the mechanism has failed?
Open the drawer and peer inside behind the handle and you’ll see the workings. It may provide evidence?

If that’s your address in your profile, perhaps remove it?

 

[Craig :)]

My Cali is 16 years old and had I had the same issue, firstly do as Sidepod suggests. Then get some silicone spray and put it along the full length of the runners. Slide it forwards and back few times - thereafter it will just glide!

 

[Alexlex85]

Have you tried the accepted method of moving it?
Sit on the seat in the middle , lift the handle fully and kind of lunge forward whilst holding the handle. Sometimes it can jam so try a little backwards push before the forward bit.
Once moved, clean behind/under etc.

It may be the mechanism has failed?
Open the drawer and peer inside behind the handle and you’ll see the workings. It may provide evidence?

If that’s your address in your profile, perhaps remove it?

Address leads to a nursing home not far from me actually.
OP- if you read this feel free to DM me if you need a hand. Im local in Aldershot

Alex

 

[soogray]

Have you tried the accepted method of moving it?
Sit on the seat in the middle , lift the handle fully and kind of lunge forward whilst holding the handle. Sometimes it can jam so try a little backwards push before the forward bit.
Once moved, clean behind/under etc.

It may be the mechanism has failed?
Open the drawer and peer inside behind the handle and you’ll see the workings. It may provide evidence?

If that’s your address in your profile, perhaps remove it?

Thank you for your advice I will certainly take a look in the drawer to see if I can see more of what the problem might be, it does not feel like the mechanism has failed it just feels really stiff to move and I am not that strong. Other people say it glides mine does not
Re the address I have been told this before and tried to remove it but it see,s to be a required field?

 

[soogray]

Address leads to a nursing home not far from me actually.
OP- if you read this feel free to DM me if you need a hand. Im local in Aldershot

Alex

Thank you, that is very kind. Sue

 

[soogray]

My Cali is 16 years old and had I had the same issue, firstly do as Sidepod suggests. Then get some silicone spray and put it along the full length of the runners. Slide it forwards and back few times - thereafter it will just glide!

Thanks I will give it a go . . . .

 

[AtlanticOcean]

Re the address I have been told this before and tried to remove it but it see,s to be a required field?

If you look at the top of the page, below the VWCALIFORNIACLUB.COM banner, there is a grey horizontal bar across the page.

To the right of that is your forum user name. Click on this and you get a box with text in it appears, with your account profile on it.

On the left column it states “account details”. Click on this and scroll down and you will see “Location”. Enter the cursor in the box, you can then delete your current text (address) and enter something more generalised, like your town or county.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and press “Save”

 

[Blanco]

If after the above suggestions the seat is still stiff to move there are two wheels at the back (accessed from the boot after taking out the tool box) and two at the front (more difficult to get at as the drawer has to come out). Try lubricating the spindles holding the two at the rear first - this alone made a huge difference to moving our seat. If they're gummed up with debris the wheels can be removed with a pair of circlip pliars. A cloth over the clips when taking them off helps stop them escaping if they spring off the pliars - they're a devil to find again.

 

[soogray]

If you look at the top of the page, below the VWCALIFORNIACLUB.COM banner, there is a grey horizontal bar across the page.

To the right of that is your forum user name. Click on this and you get a box with text in it appears, with your account profile on it.

On the left column it states “account details”. Click on this and scroll down and you will see “Location”. Enter the cursor in the box, you can then delete your current text (address) and enter something more generalised, like your town or county.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and press “Save”

Thank you, done.

 

[soogray]

If after the above suggestions the seat is still stiff to move there are two wheels at the back (accessed from the boot after taking out the tool box) and two at the front (more difficult to get at as the drawer has to come out). Try lubricating the spindles holding the two at the rear first - this alone made a huge difference to moving our seat. If they're gummed up with debris the wheels can be removed with a pair of circlip pliars. A cloth over the clips when taking them off helps stop them escaping if they spring off the pliars - they're a devil to find again.

Thank you, I think this may be the problem and I had no idea how to access!

 

[Blanco]

The wheels seem designed perfectly to collect dust, sand etc. A pry bar or similar helps with levering the seat up while getting them off - protect the floor rails with a piece of wood. Circlip pliars need to be the type that expand and open out, as opposed to those that open in. I used teflon oil on the spindles just because I had some but a small helping of silicon grease would work just as well.
Its surprising VW elected to use plain nylon bearings for something weighing 90 kgs + the weight of the person on the seat moving it .. well, thinking about it, perhaps not so surprising.