Re: Front seat cushion removal 54 Patrician

Posted by HH56 On 2023/3/7 22:40:50
Other than actual motors and electrical being quite different I don't know if the mechanical portion of the drive mechanism is that different from the 55-6 models. I doubt very many have seen the power 4 way 54 seat since the older hydraulic 2 way seat was more common. If you do take the seat out of the car perhaps you could post a few shots showing the mechanism and how the electrical and motors are laid out.

If you can see enough of your mechanism you might compare it to this illustration from the 55-6 parts manual. If it is similar, the fore/aft drive is connected to a plate welded to one of the tracks and seat can remove as an assembly. There are 4 bolts or nuts on the tracks on each side and then on drivers side but towards the middle of the car almost in line with the rearmost bolts for the tracks there is a single bolt holding the rear of the plate to the floor. Once all the bolts are removed and power disconnected the entire seat assy will come out the door (good idea to have a helper because it is bulky and HEAVY). Once out you can tip it up and the bottom cushion is probably held in the frame by bolts.

If you have the same pin and actuator setup as the 55-6, to remove the pin I found it was almost impossible to get a decent angle to drive it out with a hammer and the support the front pin goes thru is somewhat flimsy and would not stand a lot of hammering. I modified a large C clamp to drive the extractor tool and the pin.

No matter how you drive the pin out I think you will find the need to make the extrator tool as detailed in a service article. Once that was done, with the modified C clamp it was fairly straightforward. Also in the post linked above are some photos of the 55-6 motor and linear screws.

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