Tesla Model 3: Motor - Seat Tilt - Driver Seat (Remove and Replace)
Remove
- Remove the driver seat. See
Seat - Driver (Remove and Replace).
- Remove the driver seat outer side cover. See
Cover - Outer Side - Driver Seat (Remove and Install).
- Disconnect the electrical harness from the driver seat tilt motor
connector.
- Remove the bolts that attach the motor to the seat frame.
Torque 7.5 Nm
- Remove the bolt that attaches the motor adjustment arm to the
seat cushion tilt tube bracket, and then remove the seat tilt motor from the
seat frame..
Torque 16 Nm
Install
Installation procedure is the reverse of removal.
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Remove
Remove the drivers seat outer side cover. See
Cover - Outer Side - Driver Seat (Remove and Install).
Carefully release the clips that attach the seat cushion and seat back
buttons
Remove
Remove the driver seat back shell. See
Shell - Seat Back - Driver (Remove and Replace).
Release the clips that attach the outboard side of the seat back
cover to the seat ba
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Remove
Remove the 2nd row lower seat cushion. See
Seat Cushion - Lower - 2nd Row (Remove and Replace).
Remove the LH 2nd row seat side bolster. See
Bolster - Side - Seat - 2nd Row - LH (Remove and Replace).
Release the clips that attach the bolster bracket, and remove the
bracket fro
Install
Rest the LH front drive unit half shaft in the LH front suspension
knuckle, and then install a new nut that attaches the knuckle to the lower
lateral link.
Torque
180 Nm
Install a new nut that attaches the LH front lower compliance link to
the LH front suspension knuckle.