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Motor - Recliner - Backrest - Driver Seat - Remove and Replace: Remove

  1. Remove the lumbar support assembly from the driver's seat back. See LUMBAR SUPPORT - BACKREST - DRIVER SEAT (REMOVE AND REPLACE) .
  2. Remove and discard the clip that attaches the recliner tube to the frame.
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  3. Use a rubber hammer to tap the recliner tube where the clip was located earlier, and then remove the tube from the frame.
    NOTE: The removal of the tube might require several taps with the rubber hammer in order to get the tube out of the seat.
  4. Remove the bolt that attaches the recliner motor to the seat back frame.
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  5. Remove the recliner motor from the frame.
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