Howdy,
I had my bench seat out of the car recently and I pulled the seat covers off that a previous owner had put on them. Doing this required taking the headrests off of my bench seat. They came right out. No fuss or anything which seems weird in hindsight. When I went to put the headrests back in they won't go in. They stop on this metal spring(?) a couple inches down. I realize that it is meant to catch at the 2 different holes to adjust the height but I can't get the headrests down at all. I took a flathead screwdriver to see if I could get any play in the metal spring(?) and it has almost none. It is connected to the seat on the front side of the seat and I believe it should flex down or up on the back side where it is not connected but I must be totally wrong since I can't get it to do anything. Am I just doing something wrong? Is something maybe broken from the previous owner when he put those seat covers on?
I had my bench seat out of the car recently and I pulled the seat covers off that a previous owner had put on them. Doing this required taking the headrests off of my bench seat. They came right out. No fuss or anything which seems weird in hindsight. When I went to put the headrests back in they won't go in. They stop on this metal spring(?) a couple inches down. I realize that it is meant to catch at the 2 different holes to adjust the height but I can't get the headrests down at all. I took a flathead screwdriver to see if I could get any play in the metal spring(?) and it has almost none. It is connected to the seat on the front side of the seat and I believe it should flex down or up on the back side where it is not connected but I must be totally wrong since I can't get it to do anything. Am I just doing something wrong? Is something maybe broken from the previous owner when he put those seat covers on?