Removing the Headrest ?

[Funnyboneman]

Getting the old skins off the seat foam on my 91' and have gotten stuck in that I cannot get the headrest to release. I do not see any release latch which some cars have. Putting a vice grip on the post with a better than 45 deg. angle has allowed me to get what feels like a good amount of longitudinal force when I bang on the vice grip with a hammer, but it is still stuck. The right post is moving freely but this left one is stuck. Any thoughts? Am I missing something?

 

[drew]

The rear skin must be removed.

When I took apart my seats... One head rest was held by a spring R clip and other was held in with hot glue along the chrome slide. The glue was factory and held very strongly... I had to mechanically remove it.

 

[Albert86]

Here's a pic of the headrest cover clip:

 

[drew]

Unclear. You posted a picture of the headrest cover (mostly leather). You can put these back together with the help of a putty knife.

If you are trying to remove the actual headrest(#11/23), it is held in by a clip pin (#12) or glue. To get to the clip you must remove rear cover (#7/20), you might be able to get to the clip from the front after removing the seat back (#8/21)



FYI: I'm getting the images from my catalog extract that is now hosted on Brian's Site nsxe-repair.com It has the BIG exploded diagrams

 

[Albert86]

Yep - I was unclear with my post. I just wanted to show how the headrest cover was held on to the headrest.
Nice follow up.

 

[Funnyboneman]

Thanks a million for all the help. I have only disassembled the passenger seat so far and discovered an R clip at the base of each of the headrest posts. To be honest I never expected a retainer clip to to be at the bottom of the post. I was thinking that any retention of the headrest would be at the top of the post so the headrest could be removed independent of taking the whole seat apart. I learned something here. :smile:

 

[Albert86]

If you need D-rings I have a million left.
I will loan you my pliers.