1959 BUICK REAR SEATS

5-7 1959 BUICK REAR SEAT ASSEMBLY

1959 Buick Rear Seat Back Assembly – Removal and Installation – All Styles Except Convertible

  1. Remove 1959 Buick rear seat cushion assembly.
  2. On styles with rear seat center arm rest, lower arm rest; disengage upper end of arm rest trim panel from seat back assembly and lower trim panel ; remove two bolts securing arm rest hanger plate to seat back support reinforcement.
  3. At bottom of the seat back, bend the four body tabs that secure the seat back to the floor panel and to the wheelhouse panel. On 37 styles, the lower end of the seat back is retained by two body tabs at the floor panel only.
  4. Pull seat back assembly out at bottom until seat back clears body tabs; then raise seat back upward until seat back disengages from hangers on the seat back panel support.
  5. Remove seat back assembly from body.
  6. To install, reverse removal procedure, making certain that all attaching body tabs and hangers have industrial waterproof body tape applied to them to act as an anti-squeak.

1959 Buick Rear Seat Back Assembly – Removal and Installation – All Convertibles

  1. Remove 1959 Buick rear seat cushion assembly.
  2. Disconnect rear seat back speaker wire, if present.
  3. Working over rear of rear seat back, remove screw securing rear end of folding top compartment side trim panel to rear of rear seat back frame.
  4. At bottom of the seat back, remove two screws and washers which secure the seat back frame to the seat back support.
  5. Raise seat back until seat back disengages from hangers on seat back panel and remove seat back assembly from body.
  6. To install, reverse removal procedure.

1959 Buick Rear Seat Back to Quarter Panel Filler Panel – Removal and Installation – 37 and 39 Styles

  1. Remove 1959 Buick rear seat back assembly. (See “Rear Seat Back Assembly – Removal and Installation” procedure.)
  2. On “37” Styles, remove three screws securing filler panel to rear quarter panel as shown at “A” in Figure 5-12.
    1959 Buick Rear Seat Back to Quarter Panel Filler Panel Installation 37 Styles

    1959 Buick Rear Seat Back to Quarter Panel Filler Panel Installation 37 Styles

  3. On “39” Styles, loosen cemented trim flap portion of filler panel from floor pan, wheelhouse and shelf panel. Remove four screws securing filler panel to rear quarter panel as shown at “A” in Figure 5-13.