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741319 Removing and Installing Cover For Front Seat


WM 741319 Removing and installing cover for front seat

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Technical values





Tools and materials

Scudding knife P 9747

Knurling tool P 9747/1

Bone burnisher P 9747/2

Hot-air gun v.a.g 1416

Preliminary work

Information

- The front-seat air cushions must be bled before removing the front seat.

- Only for adaptive sports seats.

1. Remove control part trim panel. -> 721619 Control part trim panel - section on "Removing" 721619 Removing and installing control module trim panel
2. Position front seat on assembly fixture.





Front seat on assembly fixture

Removing cover for front seat





Installation position of cover for front seat

1. Press cover piping at rear carefully out of the seat frame using a screwdriver -arrows-.





Pressing out cover at rear

2. Slightly loosen cover piping -1- with a screwdriver and pull out all around by hand.





Pulling out cover

3. Unclip fixing clips -1- with a screwdriver.





Unclip fixing clips

4. Cut open cushion clips -1- with side cutters and remove cover -2- from padding.





Loosening cover from padding

Installing cover for front seat





Installation position of cover for front seat

1. Place cover -2- on the padding and align with the contour of the padding.





Fastening cover to padding

Information

- Fasten cover to the padding, starting from the inside.

- Do this in the following sequence: rear, front.

2. Use the cushion clip pliers NR.130 and the cushion clips -1- to connect the integrated metal struts of the padding -3- with the metal struts of the cover strips -4-.
3. Check fastening clip -1- , and replace if necessary.





Clipping in cover strips

4. Position cover strips right and left -2- at the cut-outs provided to the padding and clip into the seat frame -3-.
5. Fit cover over the padding without creases.
6. Fit cover piping -1- all around the seat frame with a plastic wedge.





Fitting cover

7. Fit cover piping at rear to seat frame with a plastic wedge -arrows-.





Fitting cover at rear

Subsequent work

Removing creases in seat cover (leather)

CAUTION

Risk of damage to cover if excessive heat is applied.

- Creases in cover

-> If creases have formed, only short partial warming with the hot-air gun is permissible.
-> The hot-air temperature must always be => Temperature: 50°C.

1. If creases have formed, partially heat the affected areas of the cover with the hot-air gun and smooth out the cover using the special tool.
Scudding knife P 9747
Knurling tool P 9747/1
Bone burnisher P 9747/2
Hot-air gun v.a.g 1416

Subsequent work

Install control part trim panel. -> 721619 Control part trim panel - section on "Installing" 721619 Removing and installing control module trim panel