{"id":9841,"date":"2018-06-28T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2019-01-03T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:03:12","slug":"proper-seat-cover-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=9841","title":{"rendered":"Proper Seat Cover Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver\u2019s or front passenger\u2019s seat cushion cover may not be installed correctly, resulting in the seatback appearing to lean or be turned forward on some 2015-2018 Silverado, Tahoe, Suburban, Sierra, Yukon, Escalade and 2014 Silverado 1500 and Sierra 1500 models. (Fig. 9)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9834\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F09-seat-cover-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F09-seat-cover-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F09-seat-cover-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F09-seat-cover-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><strong>Fig. 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incorrectly installed seat cover may not be completely and squarely installed onto the cushion\/foam (Fig. 10), which gives it the appearance that the seat is leaning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9835\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F10-seat-cover-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F10-seat-cover-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F10-seat-cover-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><strong>Fig. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The seat bottom trim cover should be reinstalled so it is square to the cushion. (Fig. 11)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9836\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F11-seat-cover-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F11-seat-cover-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F11-seat-cover-3-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><strong>Fig. 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After verifying the cover is square to the seat back, place a mark on the seat frame pan at the leading edge of the outboard rear seat cover J-channel retainer. (Fig. 12) Next, remove the retainer, move the seat cover away from the mark, and drill a 1\/8-inch hole through the seat frame pan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9837\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F12-seat-cover-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F12-seat-cover-4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F12-seat-cover-4-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><strong>Fig. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Install a rivet into the hole and reinstall the rear seat cover J-channel retainer. (Fig. 13) The rivet will prevent the seat cover from moving forward, keeping it aligned with the seatback.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9838\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F12-seat-cover-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F12-seat-cover-5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/F12-seat-cover-5-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><strong>Fig. 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For additional details and parts information, refer to #PIT5380C.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Thanks to Jim Will <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The driver\u2019s or front passenger\u2019s seat cushion cover may not be installed correctly, resulting in the seatback appearing to lean or be turned forward on some 2015-2018 Silverado, Tahoe, Suburban, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9842,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions\/9842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}