Front Seat Backrest

Disassembly

All Vehicles

1. Remove the front seat. For additional information, refer to Seat - Front in this section.

1. Remove the front seat backrest.

1. Remove the head restraint.
   
   
   
   • Depress the clips whilst lifting the head restraint from the seat.
   
   
2. 
   

   Vehicles with leather seats
   
   

   
   
   1. Detach the Velcro strip.
   
   
3. 
   

   All Vehicles
   
   

   
   
   1. Release the plastic retaining strip.
   
   
4. Remove the lower frame hog rings.
   
   
   
   1. Lift the seat cover to expose the lower seat frame.
   
   
   
   
   1. Cut the hog rings.
   
   
5. Remove the two hog rings from either side of the seat frame base.
   
6. Roll the cover along the backrest to expose the hog rings.
   
7. Cut the hog rings on the left and right - hand side as they are exposed on the spring frame assembly.
   
8. Remove the three hog rings from the lower edge of the spring frame assembly.
   
9. Remove the three hog rings from the upper edge of the seat frame.
   
10. Remove the left and right - hand seat backrest tension wires.
    
    
    
    • Detach the rod from the lower edge of the seat frame, withdraw the rod from the seat cover and upper location.
    
    
11. Remove the three hog rings attaching the seat cover to the frame.
    
12. Remove the head restraint guide tubes.
    
    
    
    1. Use a screw driver to release the retainer.
    
    
    
    
    1. Pull the tube from the seat backrest.
    
    
13. Remove the seat cover.
    
    
    
    • Lift the cover and cushion from the seat frame.

Assembly

NOTE: Use hog ring pliers to close the hog rings. Do not use pliers. The hog rings should be closed to overlap 8 mm, to make sure the cover is properly retained and holds its shape.