Conquering Seat Removal A Step-by-Step Guide for Motor Failures

Use a socket with a short extension. By turning the nut(s) you are just manually turning the motor gear to move the seat. It's a Lexus, these ... Just make contact for a second, then try reverse polarity. If the motor is good, it should jerk or operate one of the seat's parts. If you are ... I plan on taking it apart and applying voltage directly to the motor(s) just to make sure it's dead. ... Also does anyone know if these motors are ... Also, many types of vehicle seat motors use a flexible cable to couple motor to the widget it drives, this cable is like an old school ... I went to remove my drivers side Power Bucket seat & the motor does not work. I was able to remove 4 of the 6 nuts holding the seat down ... If the motor is completly dead, unbolt the front seat bolts, then try tilt the seat back as far as you can and then see if you can unbolt ... If you're replacing like-for-like seats as you said, there's no tricks. First remove the four torx bolts then disconnect the electrical and the seat comes out. Depends if you have a power seat or a memory power seat. No need to take anything off at all, just get under the rear of the seat from the rear ... Pull the cable ends from the motors, take the longest inner cable out (Usually one of the recline cables) and slide it into the cable that moves the seat back ... If you do this, once you pull the helix cable from the housing, you can clamp in a cordless drill and use the drill to perfectly align the seat.