Front Seat Back Cover

FRONT SEAT BACK COVER

REMOVAL

1. Remove seat from vehicle.
2. Remove head restraint.
3. Remove front seat back.
4. Remove lumbar support handle, if equipped.

Fig. 7:

5. Disengage the J-strap retainer (Fig. 7).

Fig. 12:

6. Remove hog rings attaching foam pad to back frame (Fig. 12).
7. Roll seat back cover up to the next hog rings and remove hog rings.
8. For bonded seat back cover separate frame from bonded cover and pad.
9. Roll cover to top of cushion and remove head restraint sleeve guides. Do not reuse head restraint sleeve guides.
10. Remove cover from seat back.

REMOVAL - JR-27 (Convertible) ONLY

1. Remove seat from vehicle.

Fig. 13:

2. Remove head restraint (Fig. 13) by depressing headrest button and using a pick tool in access hole simultaneously.
3. Remove seat back.
4. Remove upper recliner handle and lumber adjustment handle, if so equipped.
5. Remove seat side shield.

Fig. 8:

6. Remove nut attaching lower seat belt anchor to seat frame (Fig. 8).
7. Remove seat belt bezel.

NOTE: The torque prevailing nut used to secure the lower seat belt anchor is not reusable. Verify availability prior to proceeding.

Fig. 14:

8. Disengage plastic J-strap retainer at bottom of seat back (Fig. 14).

Fig. 15:

Fig. 16:

9. Remove hog rings holding seat cover seam cords to wires in seat back foam (Fig. 15) and (Fig. 16).
10. Feed seat belt bezel and seat belt through seat cover while pulling cover from seat back foam.
11. Remove hog rings attaching the seat cover seam cords and wires to seat back foam.
12. Poll seat cover upward to mid point position.

Fig. 17:

13. Remove head restraint guides (Fig. 17).
14. Remove seat back cover from seat back foam and frame.

INSTALLATION

NOTE: Do not reuse the recliner assembly attaching bolts.

1. Position cover on the top of seat back.
2. Install new head restraint sleeve guides.
3. Carefully roll cover down to the area that hog rings are to be installed.
4. Install hog rings.
5. Install hog rings attaching back frame to foam pad.
6. Roll cover downward.
7. Engage the J-strap retainer.
8. Install lumbar support handle, if equipped.
9. Install new head restraint sleeve guides.
10. Install seat back to seat cushion. Tighten recliner bolts to 40 N.m (30 ft.lbs.) torque. Tighten pivot bolts to 12 N.m (9 ft.lbs.) torque.
11. Install seat in vehicle.
12. Install head restraint.
13. Check seat back and headrest operation.

INSTALLATION - JR-27 (Convertible) ONLY

1. Position seat back cover on to seat back foam and frame.
2. Install hog rings attaching seat back foam to seat back frame.
3. Feed seat belt bezel and seat belt through hole in seat cover.
4. Route recliner cable in front of metal strap at bottom of the seat back frame (Fig. 11).
5. Pull seat cover downward to first horizontal trench in seat back foam.
6. Align seat cover upper horizontal seam center notch to center hog ring location.
7. Install hog rings, center first, to attach upper insert cover seam wire to wire in seat back foam.
8. Install hog rings to attach seat cover seam cords to wires in seat back foam.
9. Pull seat cover down fully over seat back foam.
10. Connect seat cover J-straps at bottom of seat back.
11. Install head restraint guides
12. Slide long snaps on outboard portion of seat belt bezel inside seat back cover and seat belt retractor cover.
13. Install upper recliner handle and lumbar adjustment handle, if so equipped.
14. Attach lower seat belt anchor to bolt on seat adjuster.
15. Verify that seat belt is routed such that it will not be twisted when engaged to the seat belt buckle.
16. Install new nut attaching lower seat belt anchor to seat frame (Fig. 8).

NOTE: Tighten the lower seat belt anchor nut to 47 N.m (35 ft.lbs.) torque.

17. Verify that a minimum of three threads extend beyond the lower seat belt anchor nut and that the lower seat belt anchor swivels freely. If both conditions are not found, check that the bolt is fully engaged to the seat adjuster.
18. Install seat to vehicle.
19. Check seat belt operation.