Seat Frames

[VStar650CL]

For anyone here who has ever struggled replacing a squeaky or worn out seat frame, here's an "Easy Button" from someone who's done a bajillion of them (me). It's counterintuitive, but things go much quicker and easier if instead of removing various parts from the frame, you instead remove the frame from the parts. The pic is from a gen6 Altima driver's seat, but the same technique applies to almost every Nissan/Infiniti sedan seat ever made (and most of the truck/SUV seats as well). The idea is to treat all the parts except the frame as an assembly. The seat back (orange arrow) and cushion spring (green) are still connected, and in this case the lower cushion too (red, it's heated and has wires). The only connectors taken loose from the frame are for the motors, the rest of the harness remains routed where it was across the spring and into the cushions. The only parts actually removed are the side panels and seat belt buckle (blue), plus the two rail escutcheons (not shown). Everything else just plops back on in reverse order, with no risk of misrouted wires or missed connections. The job on this car took only 1.7 hours, and that was with breaks.