Front Seat Backrest - Bench

FRONT SEAT BACKREST - BENCH

Disassembly and Assembly
1. Remove the front seat bench backrest.







2. NOTE: LH side shown, RH side similar.

Remove both the recliner handle clips and remove the handles.







3. Release the J-clip.







4. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat back trim cover from the hook-and-loop strips or the hook-and-loop strips may be torn from the seat back foam.

Invert the backrest trim cover and release the first row of hook-and-loop strips.







5. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat back trim cover from the hook-and-loop strips or the hook-and-loop strips may be torn from the seat back foam.

Invert the backrest trim cover up and release the second row of hook-and-loop strips and remove the backrest trim cover.







6. Remove the backrest foam pad from the backrest frame assembly.







7. Remove the 2 LH backrest recliner bolts.
- To install, tighten to 50 Nm (37 lb-ft).







8. NOTE: During assembly, make sure the recliner latches are seated in the adjusting rod before installing the recliner latch bolts.

Remove the LH recliner latch and adjusting rod.
1 Remove the LH recliner latch from the adjusting rod.
2 Remove the recliner adjusting rod from the RH recliner latch and slide the adjusting rod out of the seat frame tubes.







9. Remove the 2 RH backrest recliner bolts and remove the recliner latch.
- To install, tighten to 50 Nm (37 lb-ft).

10. To assemble, reverse the disassembly procedure.