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inner seat rail cover - getting plastic pin out

wanting to exchange the seat slide bearing,
i need to remove the inner seat rail cover.

on some models there is a black screw in,
on perhaps even earlier models there is a plastic pin.

does anybody know how to remove it without unnecessary damage ?

Re: inner seat rail cover - getting plastic pin out

Reply #1 –
Removal is simple if its a screw just undo it. The plastic pin just needs levering out. The trim just lifts off.

Re: inner seat rail cover - getting plastic pin out

Reply #2 –
apparently, it was one of those with a plastic bolt in the middle:


i levered it out, but also could have pushed the core out
with something thin.

Re: inner seat rail cover - getting plastic pin out

Reply #3 –
On my late Golf it is a plastic fixing with a 2mm plastic rod through the middle to splay the pins out and secure it in place. Similar fixing used for the plastic seat sides to cover the tilt/recline mechanism.
Use a blunt nail to push the rod out through the bottom.
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