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

I was at a salvage yard once and was getting some seats out of the Car, when I paid for them the fellow asked why I didn't get he drivers seat, ... 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 ... As Martha Stewart says, "It's a good thing." Always start with the obvious. Get a flashlight and take a slow, methodical look under the seat, ... I ended up being able to remove the seat by applying power directly to the fore/aft motor. ... if the passenger seat functions properly you ... check to motor under the seats , its probably dead, it pulls out, so fairly easy to test when out, there will be two rods that come out of it ... 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 ... There is actually two ways to take the seat out if the motor is dead. First one run the seat way up and remove the plastic panel facing the ... Additionally, if the seat motor has power and assuming the track isn't binding in any fashion; sometimes you can tap on the motor with the ... 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. 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 ...