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Tesla Model 3: Motor - Recliner - Backrest - Driver Seat (Remove and Replace)

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Motor - Recliner - Backrest - Driver Seat (Remove and Replace)

Remove

  1. Remove the lumbar support assembly from the driver's seat back. See Lumbar Support - Backrest - Driver Seat (Remove and Replace).

Motor - Recliner - Backrest - Driver Seat (Remove and Replace)

  1. Remove and discard the clip that attaches the recliner tube to the frame.
  2. Use a rubber hammer to tap the recliner tube where the clip was located earlier, and then remove the tube from the frame.

Note: The removal of the tube might require several taps with the rubber hammer in order to get the tube out of the seat.

Motor - Recliner - Backrest - Driver Seat (Remove and Replace)

  1. Remove the bolt that attaches the recliner motor to the seat back frame.
  2. Remove the recliner motor from the frame.

Install

Motor - Recliner - Backrest - Driver Seat (Remove and Replace)

  1. Install the recliner motor onto the seat back frame, and hand-tighten the bolt that attaches the motor to the frame
  2. Install the recliner tube into the seat back frame, through the recliner motor, and to the other side of the frame.

Note: Use the rubber hammer to tap the recliner tube so that the tube extends 16mm out of the seat back frame.

  1. With assistance, install a new clip onto the recliner tube.

Note: Use a 12mm deep socket and rubber hammer to tap the clip onto the recliner tube. Have an assistant use another hammer at the other end of the tube to oppose the tapping.

  1. Tighten the bolt that attaches the recliner motor to the seat back frame.   Torque 5 Nm
  2. Install the lumbar support assembly to the driver's seat back. See Lumbar Support - Backrest - Driver Seat (Remove and Replace).

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