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Removal and Installation

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  1. Remove the head restraint.
  2. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat upholstery from the hook and loop strip, or the hook and loop strip can be torn from the seat backrest foam pad.
  3. Separate the hook and loop fasteners and invert the trim cover as high as it will go.
  4. NOTE: The inboard and outboard head restraint sleeves are not interchangeable.
    NOTE: The head restraint sleeves incorporate an alignment tab that must face forward when installed.
    Fig 1: Identifying Tip Of Head Restraint Sleeves
    G03903573Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  5. Squeeze together the tip of the head restraint sleeve and pull the sleeve out of the frame tube.
  6. Remove the seat backrest trim cover.
  7. To install, reverse the removal procedure.