2016 23rb jackknife sofa replacement

[driftwood]

Has anyone replaced the jackknife sofa with something more comfortable like a love seat or recliners.
Thanks

[Atlee]

May or may not be possible to replace the jack knife sofa in your 23 RB. I have a 2017 Jay Flight 23 RB. The furnace occupies the left side of the sofa. In fact with mine, the two heat ducts originate there, with one going through the wall to blow in the bed room. The other one, comes through the front of the sofa to blow into the living space.

Originally Posted by driftwood

Has anyone replaced the jackknife sofa with something more comfortable like a love seat or recliners.
Thanks

[driftwood]

Thanks.
I just want to take the (uncomfortable) sofa off, leave the base so as to not disrupt the heater. Maybe a sofa with legs that come off.

[bankr63]

Or just replace it with a better quality j-steel type sofa. Lippert makes some nice ones with better cushioning. I know that 1000 Islands RV in Gan carries the line, probably other local dealers too.

Also looking at shop4seats.com for reasonably priced custom made units for ours. Would need to use a service like myusaddress in Ogdensburg to keep shipping reasonable.

The OEM version is pretty poor quality, but there are more comfortable units that will drop in replace what you already have in a variety of fabric colors and styles.

[driftwood]

bankr63. Thanks for the info, I will definetly check those two options out. Should have talked to 1000 islands rv when i was at the ottawa rv show yesterday.

[cekkk]

We barely got a Lazyboy two cusion loveseat into our Eagle.

[Siamese]

We replaced the jackknife in our 26BH. The foam had failed after just a few months, and even when new, it was a poor excuse for a piece of furniture.

Like your unit, the furnace on a 26BH is located under the sofa. Not a problem.

If you go to the Walmart site, and search on:
Zinus Pascal Sofa, Oatmeal Grey

you should find the sofa we bought. A few notes:
- It is just the right size to replace the stock sofa
- it has more room front to back on the seat
- it has removable legs, so it will sit right on top of the existing support
- totally compatible with the furnace
- nice quality...foam on top of flat springs. Very impressive
- easy assembly
- The color works great with our Jayco "decor". Brightens up the place.
- The only downside we've found is that the sofa will sit up a few inches higher than the old one. We found that the tradeoff in comfort is well worth it.
- It's not a sleeper sofa, but then neither was the stupid jackknife. I would say that for kids, it's a better sleeper than the jackknife was.

Installation:
The sofa consists of two sides, a seat portion, and a back portion. It's all held together with clever dovetail style heavy duty metal hardware. No screws. Goes together quickly. Remove the old sofa, and set this sofa in it's place without the legs. It requires no center support, by the way. The only pieces you have to attach to your frame are the arm pieces. There's plenty of wood in them, and all we had to do was use a couple up large lag screws coming up from the underside of the existing pedestal up into the bottom of the arms. In our case everything lined up, but at most, you might have to modify the pedestal slightly or beef it up a little to make it work.

Once installed, you still have excellent access to the furnace for repairs. Just take hold of the sofa back and pull up and it release from the dovetail hardware. Then do the same with the seat. That leaves just the arms in place. Reassemble by just tapping the pieces back into place.

[Oregontrx4]

Originally Posted by Siamese

We replaced the jackknife in our 26BH. The foam had failed after just a few months, and even when new, it was a poor excuse for a piece of furniture.

Like your unit, the furnace on a 26BH is located under the sofa. Not a problem.

If you go to the Walmart site, and search on:
Zinus Pascal Sofa, Oatmeal Grey

you should find the sofa we bought. A few notes:
- It is just the right size to replace the stock sofa
- it has more room front to back on the seat
- it has removable legs, so it will sit right on top of the existing support
- totally compatible with the furnace
- nice quality...foam on top of flat springs. Very impressive
- easy assembly
- The color works great with our Jayco "decor". Brightens up the place.
- The only downside we've found is that the sofa will sit up a few inches higher than the old one. We found that the tradeoff in comfort is well worth it.
- It's not a sleeper sofa, but then neither was the stupid jackknife. I would say that for kids, it's a better sleeper than the jackknife was.

Installation:
The sofa consists of two sides, a seat portion, and a back portion. It's all held together with clever dovetail style heavy duty metal hardware. No screws. Goes together quickly. Remove the old sofa, and set this sofa in it's place without the legs. It requires no center support, by the way. The only pieces you have to attach to your frame are the arm pieces. There's plenty of wood in them, and all we had to do was use a couple up large lag screws coming up from the underside of the existing pedestal up into the bottom of the arms. In our case everything lined up, but at most, you might have to modify the pedestal slightly or beef it up a little to make it work.

Once installed, you still have excellent access to the furnace for repairs. Just take hold of the sofa back and pull up and it release from the dovetail hardware. Then do the same with the seat. That leaves just the arms in place. Reassemble by just tapping the pieces back into place.

Any pictures?