Seat Pan Lower Frame With Driver/Front Passenger Seat Forward/Back Adjustment Motor -V28- / -V31-, Removing And Installing: Removing

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-- Move the front seat to the highest position possible to keep the torsion bar tension as low as possible.

-- Remove the front seat. Refer to FRONT SEAT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Disconnect the connectors to the Driver Seat Forward/Back Adjustment Motor -V28- / Front Passenger Seat Forward/Back Adjustment Motor -V31-.

-- Unclip the wire from the seat pan and move to the side.

-- Remove the front seat belt latch. Refer to FRONT SEAT BELT LATCH, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Remove the bolts -2-.

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-- Remove the seat pan -1- from the lower frame -3-.

If the bushings -1- are damaged, the seat pan lower frame -2- must be replaced.

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NOTE:

Risk of damaging the bushings -1- in the bearing points -2- (upper/lower frame bolted connection).

The bushings cannot be replaced with workshop materials.

If the bushings are damaged, the corresponding parts must be replaced.