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Front Seat Backrest - 60 Percent Bench: Disassembly

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WARNING: The safety belt pretensioner is a pyrotechnic device. Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag equipped vehicle and when handling a safety belt buckle pretensioner or safety belt retractor pretensioner. Never probe a pretensioner electrical connector. Doing so could result in pretensioner or air bag deployment and could result in personal injury.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury, do not use any memory saver devices.
NOTE: If a seat equipped with a seat mounted side air bag and/or a safety belt pretensioner (if equipped) system is being serviced, the supplemental restraint system (SRS) must be depowered  .
NOTE: The air bag warning lamp illuminates when the RCM fuse is removed and the ignition switch is ON. This is normal operation and does not indicate a supplemental restraint system (SRS) fault.
NOTE: The SRS must be fully operational and free of faults before releasing the vehicle to the customer.
  1. Depower the SRS. For additional information, refer to DISABLING & ACTIVATING AIR BAG SYSTEM .
  2. Remove the affected seat. For additional information, refer to FRONT SEAT .
  3. Remove the 60 percent armrest. For additional information, refer to SEAT ARMREST - 60 PERCENT BENCH .
  4. Remove the 60 percent seat backrest assembly. For additional information, refer to FRONT SEAT BACKREST - 60 PERCENT BENCH .
  5. Release the backrest J-clip.
    Fig 1: Releasing Backrest J-Clip
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    6. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat back trim cover from the hook and loop strips or the hook and loop strips may be torn from the seat back foam.
    Fig 2: Releasing Hook And Loop Strips
    G03277639Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  6. Invert the backrest material and release the hook and loop strips.
  7. Remove all the hog rings and remove the backrest trim cover from the backrest foam pad.
    Fig 3: Removing Hog Rings
    G03277640Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  8. Lift the lower end of the backrest foam pad off the backrest frame.
    Fig 4: Removing Lower End Of Backrest Foam Pad
    G03277641Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  9. Slide the backrest frame down and out of the backrest foam pad headrest pocket.
    Fig 5: Removing Backrest Frame
    G03277642Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
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