Seat Rail
Seat Rail
• The following describes removing and installing the seat rails for a two-thirds seat bench with entry assist. Removing and installing the seat rails for the single seat in the second row of seats without entry assist is identical.
Removing
- Single Seat and Seat Bend, Removing, Second Row, refer to => [ Bench Seat, 2nd Row ] Bench Seat, 2nd Row.
- Single Seat, Installing, Second Row, refer to => [ Individual Seat, 2nd Row ] Individual Seat, 2nd Row.
- Lay the single seat or seat bench with the back of the backrest on a clean soft surface.
- Remove the caps from the seat rails: front => [ Front Seat Rail Cap ] Front Seat Rail Cap, rear => [ Rear Seat Rail Cap ] Rear Seat Rail Cap.
- Cut the cable tie - arrow - on the inner and outer seat rail and remove it.
- Disengage and remove the release lever - 1 - - arrow -.
- Vehicles with entry assist: drill out the rivet on the inner and outer seat rail - arrow - and remove any remaining pieces of the rivet.
- Remove the nuts - 1 through 5 - from the inner seat rail.
- Remove the bolt under the nut - 5 -.
- Remove the inner seat rail.
- Remove the nuts - 1 through 4 - from the outer seat rail.
- Remove the bolt under the nut - 1 -.
- Vehicles with entry assist: remove the bolt - arrow -.
- Remove the outer seat rail.
Installation
- Mount the outer seat rail on the lower seat frame.
• Vehicles with entry assist: the lever - 1 - must fit into the pin - arrow - on the outer seat rail - 2 -.
• Check the bottom of the seat rail to make sure the lever has engaged correctly.
- Tighten the nuts - 1 through 4 - all the way by hand but do not tighten them.
• The nuts will be tightened only after the seat has been installed so that the seat rails line up.
- Vehicles with entry assist: tighten the bolt - arrow -.
- Mount the inner seat rail on the lower seat frame.
- Tighten the nuts - 1 through 5 - all the way by hand but do not tighten them.
• The nuts will be tightened only after the seat has been installed so that the seat rails line up.
- Vehicles with entry assist: mount the stop lever - 1 - on the mounting pin and secure it with a rivet - 2 -.
- Engage the actuator rod - 1 -.
• The angled part - arrow - of the actuator rod faces up.
- Install the cable tie - 2 - and tighten it.
- Operate the release lever, move the left and right seat adjustment to the same position.
• Dimension - a - = 90 mm.
• Dimension - b - = 90 mm.
- Single Seat and Seat Bend, Installing, Second Row, refer to => [ Assembly Sequence and Tightening Specifications: ] 2nd Row, 3-Seater Assembly Overview.
- Single Seats, Installing, Second Row, refer to => [ Assembly Sequence and Tightening Specification: ] 2nd Row, 2-Seater Assembly Overview.
- Tighten the nuts - 1 through 4 -.
- Tighten the nuts - 1 through 5 -.
Function test
• The lower seat frame must move easily and without getting stuck over the entire adjustment travel when it is pushed back and forth.
• Let go of the release: the seat must lock in each lock position on both seat rails (the lock pin is visible).
• The entry assist must work.
After the functionality test, complete the installation.
For the correct tightening specification refer to => [ Seat Rail Assembly Overview ] Seat Rail Assembly Overview