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Here is the text portion, I wrote it to include pics when I do the other side but this is long and explains a lot. I wrote it literally minutes after doing it so if you need me to explain where a picture should be then don't hesitate to ask.
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This will have new pictures by the time I post it and I read other tutorials... OF COURSE I came up with a few things different.
This is not the easiest thing on earth to do first of all, plan on it costing you some time.
I started with a 2000 ranger single cab, 60/40 split bench seats.
I got a great deal on a set of buckets from a 2000 extended cab, from black06xlt thank you Adam. I still have a shorty console to hack in also it will be another thread.
The short version, the entire track system has to be removed from your 60/40 split and installed on the ranger bucket seats.
You will need a set of metric sockets and a set of torx sockets. You need 3 different size torx sockets and 2 different size metric sockets, I used impact sockets because seats in a 2000 have been in there for 18 years and an impact wrench makes it so much easier. Even with a heavy duty electric impact there was one seat bolt that did not come out and ended up twisting off. I'm lucky because I work in a machine shop and have an array of drill bits and taps I can recover!
Step 1 is remove the old seats. There will be 4 bolts holding the seat down, one seat belt torx bolt for the center seat belt and one electrical connection that goes to the seat belt. If you jerk the seat out you will destroy the wire or connector and have another project.
The passenger seat is not as wide and has no connections, 4 bolts and it is out.
Turn the old driver seat upside down and recline it to its maximum.
Take a small screwdriver (or about anything that fits in the slot), stick it in the slot on the rounded portion of the plastic recline handle and push the horshoe clip off, I found this easier than trying to pull it from the back as suggested on other sites. Pull the handle outward it should come off the spline easily.
Remove the 4 10MM bolts connecting the track to the seat. There will be a bracket on the back that goes between the 2 bolts.
Lift the tracks slightly from the seat, they cannot be removed yet.
there is a small diameter rod that helps set the recline position, locate where it intersects with the bracket where the seat back pivots. By pulling up slightly on the track you can access the smallest of the 3 sizes of torx bolts you will encounter. The head points toward the outside of the seat both sides. Remove the torx shoulder bolt from the rod.
This differs from what I read, more than one place said there were problems with the seat pivot bolt on the armrest side. I think that's because they were attempting to access it from the "sitting" side of the seat. That works better for the other 3 but for the arm rest side pull the track inward first to get the spline you took the plastic handle off of out of its hole. You should now be able to pull the bracket from the seat back through the bottom enough to access the larger torx bolt FROM THE BOTTOM!. I used an extension but it was easier overall than removing the arm rest. The other pivot bolt just get it from the top, you can pull the cover of the seat back up high enough to access it just fine.
Short of bending the 2 sheet metal tangs holding the cable in you can lift the track out now.
Remove the track from the bucket seat in the same manor except both large torx bolts can be reached from the "top" of the seat."
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