Front Seat Outer Cage Nut Replacement

REMOVAL




1. Remove front seats and carpet from vehicle.

IMPORTANT: Before performing any drilling or welding operations take necessary precautions to ensure that the vehicles interior will not be damaged by sparks or other debris.

2. Using a 8 mm (5/16 in.) drill bit, drill out the two spot-welds retaining the cage nut to the seat bracket.




3. Using a cutoff wheel, make three 25 mm (1 in.) cuts as shown in illustration.




4. Using a flat blade screwdriver, pry bottom edge of flap up.
5. Remove cage nut.

INSTALLATION




1. Route a flexible wire through the new cage nut. Tie a loop in the wire below the bottom surface of the cage nut ensuring that the loop in the wire is slightly larger than the inside diameter of the nut.




2. Route wire with cage nut attached through the cage nut bolt hole in the top of the seat bracket.




3. Push flap back, down to its original position.
4. Tack weld lower edges of flap.
5. Pull the cage nut tight against the bottom of the seat bracket ensuring that the cage nut is in its original position.
6. Perform MIG plug welds through the drill holes in the original weld locations.
7. MIG weld all the remaining of the flap.
8. Remove wire from cage nut and seat bracket.
9. Grind welds flush.
10. Prime and paint welded area. Refer to "Body Paint" in the Collision Repair.
11. Install front carpet and seats in vehicle.