New seat cushion came, so I slapped that baby in last night.
It wasn't too difficult, but I did end up pulling the seat to make it easier to get to.
Bolts are a reverse torx bit, but a 6 point socket worked just fine.
One of the little velcro pads came off on me when I went to undo it in order to stretch the leather out.
But I have a can of 3m spray glue, stuck it back on nicely.
I also needed that to re attach the heater element to the new foam.
I didn't get any pictures of the process, mostly because there are a ton of vids on youtube covering it.
The new oem foam was dark grey, almost black.
But still very soft like the original.
I wasn't expecting that.
The ac delco box had been opened, but it looks like it was to put the receipt in there...
I would have preferred that they didn't break the seal.
But oh well, the seat is back together and very comfortable!
I also cracked open the power lumbar gear box.
I confirmed 3 gears just like it should have per Gruven.
But the outer ring gear has a crack in it.
I doubt it will matter much, but I'll probably steal the ring gear out of the passenger side for now.
I also found a broken part in the lumbar itself.
The wire piece seems to be made out of aluminum, and coated with plastic.
I thought I was screwed, but then I got the idea to use my handy safety wire pliers.
I spun up a piece of the heaviest stainless wire I have then folded it over.
The end ring attached to the original broken end.
Then secured with some smaller safety wire.
It's pretty stiff, so I think it will work.
I finished it up with some shrink tubing.
Mostly so it won't snag.
So far it feels like it will work just fine, but I won't know for sure until Gruven actually ships my parts out.
