Seat Heater Relay

[machster]

I am trying to swap the Passenger and Driver Seat Heater relay. I am trying to do the swap by tilting the seats back. I am having difficulty removing the plastic rivet that holds the relay to the seat frame. Any Ideas?

[White987S]

Drill out, and then replace.

Post a photo?

Razor blade one end of the plastic rivet off, and slide out??

Edited December 14, 2012 by White987S

[1schoir]

To remove the rivet, you have to push out the inner plastic rod that sits inside the plastic rivet body.

Here is a photo of the seat heater relay, bracket and rivet.

Use a pick tool to press it out from either direction, as shown by the arrows in the photo:

The little inner plastic rod will pop out, and you can retrieve it and use it again for re-installation of the bracket.

BTW, if you are going to permanently swap the relay, you will have to flip the bracket around 180 degrees to get it to fit properly on that side.

Regards, Maurice.

Edited December 14, 2012 by 1schoir