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  1. taz355

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    #1 taz355, Mar 9, 2016
    I tried getting my headrests off with no success. Any one have any tricks of the trade? I can see the notches and they look like a similar design to the 348 but they are not comming off.

    Thanks for any input.
     
  2. yelcab

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    #2 yelcab, Mar 9, 2016
    The back comes off first.
     
  3. phrogs

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    #3 phrogs, Mar 9, 2016
    Haven't tried yet
    But im all ears.
     
  4. taz355

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    #4 taz355, Mar 10, 2016
    Not sure i i understand Mitchell
     
  5. taz355

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    #5 taz355, Mar 10, 2016
    I did get one off but it was not easy like others have said for a 348. You need to make a tool. When i get the other one off i will post because my first one took way too long to be much help.
     
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    #6 Dave rocks, Mar 10, 2016
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    #7 97 Spider, Mar 10, 2016
    I didn't find it easy on the 348 seats I was working on. I almost had a melt down and smashed the seats to bits. Why make it so frickin hard to remove? I finally got some thin plastic, rolled it around the headrest shafts and pushed it down where it would hold the stop back and slid them out. Kind of like a fuel line release tool. But I nearly went insane trying to get them off first.
     
  8. yelcab

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    #8 yelcab, Mar 10, 2016
    Grant, you open the back of the seat back, find the clips, push them in, and pull out the head-rest.
     
  9. taz355

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    #9 taz355, Mar 10, 2016
    I gotch ya now Mitchell, and thanks to Dave and Brian as well. That would have been less frustrating and quicker. I ended up making two half shafts out of beer cans ( its 90) right now and if i had no beer I also would have smashed something. I slid them down the shafts and pulled it out. Next time I would recommend taking the seat apart. McJoe posted a really good link.

    Thanks guys
     

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