Repairing seat cushion, support, & carrier

[alexc0814]

Originally Posted by spinjockey

If your just replacing the mesh then it’s an easy repair with few to no tool requirements other than a simple pair of pliers to release the small tabs holding the seat cushion to the carrier. You probably know this but if you remove the seat cover as you propose you’ll need new hog rings. I used a pair of diagonal pliers to snip the hog rings attaching the seat cover to the foam. Reusing the hog rings really isn’t viable without risking damaging the rods that help attach and shape the seat cover.

I removed the seat cover by slowly separating it from back to front snipping the hog rings as I went. Installation is the reverse of removal. This allowed me to shape the seat cover back into position as I progressed. Once the cover was reattached, I was able to do the same procedure for reinserting the plastic tabs for holding the foam cushion to the carrier. In hindsight it might have been a good idea to film this.

Thanks for the heads up; I actually never got far enough into researching the process to know that. I'll give that technique a shot when I finally get around to it. At this point, I'm wondering if I need a new cushion too since I've been driving around on the old collapsed one for so long.