Front Seat
FRONT SEATREMOVAL
1. Position seat far enough forward to gain access to rear mount bolts on floor.
Fig. 3:
2. Remove bolts holding rear of seat track to floor (Fig. 3).
3. Slide seat rearward.
4. Remove bolts attaching front of the seat track to floor kick up.
5. Disconnect negative battery cable, if electrical seat.
6. Disconnect front seat wire harness connector from body harness connector.
CAUTION: Caution should be taken not to handle seat by adjuster release bar when removing spring loaded seat from vehicle.
7. Remove front seat from vehicle.
REMOVAL - MANUAL - JR-27 (Convertible) ONLY
1. Move seat to full forward position.
2. Remove rear inboard bolt attaching seat to floor pan.
3. Remove rear outboard bolts attaching seat to side sill pylon.
4. Position seat in full rearward position.
Fig. 4:
5. Remove front inboard and outboard bolts holding seat to floor pan crossmember (Fig. 4).
6. Tilt seat rearward and disconnect seat belt pre-tensioner wire connector.
7. Remove seat from vehicle.
REMOVAL - POWER - JR-27 (Convertible)
1. Move seat to full forward position.
2. Remove rear inboard bolt attaching seat to floor pan.
3. Remove rear outboard bolts attaching seat to side sill pylon.
4. Position seat in full rearward position.
5. Remove front inboard and outboard bolts attaching seat to floor pan crossmember (Fig. 4).
6. Tilt seat rearward and disconnect wire connector to seat belt pretensioner and power seat mechanism.
7. Remove seat from vehicle.
INSTALLATION
CAUTION: Do not handle by seat adjuster release bar.
NOTE: Ensure that the seat tracks are rearward. Ensure the seat tracks on the right and left are in equal latch positions.
1. Place front seat in position in vehicle.
2. Connect front seat wire harness connector to body harness connector.
3. Install bolts to attach front of seat track to the floor kick up. Tighten bolts to 61 N.m (45 ft.lbs.) torque.
4. Slide seat forward and install bolts attaching rear of seat track to the floor. Tighten bolts to 61 N.m (45 ft.lbs.) torque.
5. Verify front seat operation.
INSTALLATION - MANUAL - JR-27 (Convertible)
CAUTION: It is important that the following steps be done correctly to insure that the seat tracks are properly timed prior to securing the seats to the vehicle.
1. Adjust seat back to vertical position using either recliner handle.
WARNING: DO NOT GRAB EITHER RECLINER HANDLE OR TOWEL BAR WHEN HANDLING SEAT. THE SEAT TRACKS ARE SPRING LOADED AND WILL RELEASE.
2. Turn seat upside down so that the seat tracks can be seen.
Fig. 5:
3. Securely grasp the spring loaded outboard track rail and while lifting the towel bar, position the lower rail so that it is locked in the forth hole from the end (Fig. 5).
4. Position the inboard seat track rail so that it is identical to the outboard track lower rail.
5. Return seat to upright position.
6. Position seat in vehicle.
7. Tilt seat rearward and connect wire connector to seat belt pretensioner.
8. Push downward on seat cushion to ensure that the front mounting brackets are fully seated to floor pan crossmember.
9. Install and tighten rear outboard bolt seat to side sill pylon.
10. Install and tighten forward outboard bolt attaching seat to crossmember.
11. Install and tighten forward inboard bolt attaching seat to crossmember.
12. Move seat to full forward position. Push rearward slightly on seat to ensure that the adjuster latches are engaged on both seat tracks.
13. Install and tighten rear inboard bolt attaching seat to floor pan.
14. Install and tighten middle outboard bolt attaching seat to side sill pylon.
15. Move seat forward and rearward and check the efforts to move seat. If effort is to high loosen seat track bolts and retighten to the proper torque.
NOTE: Tighten all seat track retaining bolts to 61 N.m (45 ft.lbs.) torque.
INSTALLATION - POWER - JR-27 (Convertible) ONLY
1. Adjust seat back to vertical position using either recliner handle.
2. Position seat in vehicle.
3. Tilt seat rearward and connect wire connector to seat belt pretensioner and power seat mechanism.
4. Push downward on seat cushion to ensure that the front mounting brackets are fully seated to floor pan crossmember.
5. Use power seat switch to move seat to full rearward position.
6. Install and tighten rear outboard bolt attaching seat to side sill pylon.
7. Install and tighten forward outboard bolt attaching seat to crossmember.
8. Install and tighten forward inboard bolt attaching seat to crossmember.
9. Use power seat switch to move seat to full forward position.
10. Install and tighten rear inboard bolt attaching seat to floor pan.
11. Install and tighten middle outboard bolt attaching seat to side sill pylon.
NOTE: Tighten all seat track retaining bolts to 61 N.m (45 ft.lbs.) torque.