I found a new seat spring for about $40 from a junkyard. It took about 6 hours of playing and figuring how things came apart and went together - of course it was 95* that day. The 126 springs are famous for breaking on those square corners. Tennis balls or carpet matting are temporary fixes that can work ok.

The basic steps are:

1. Unbolt front and back seat to floor connections. You will have to move the seat front to back to do this.

2. Unplug seat from electrical connections, most pry straight up if you are careful. There were 3 or 4 with some tie wraps holding them in place.

3. You must move the seat rearward to dis-engage from the seatbelt bracket.

4. Might need some help to get the seat out without any damage to interior parts. In some cars it goes out of the rear door easier.

5. On my car there was a puzzling coverplate at the bottom to seatback hinge. After removal I discovered it had a circular hole with multiple tabs. Compressing a number of tabs enabled it to be removed. From that point on it was pretty easy.

6. The seatbottom cover disengages by compressing the springs then pulling the cover downward where it attaches to the seat bottom frame.

7. The one exception to the easy disassembly was lining up access to the bolt holes that attached the seat bottom (the aprt with the motors and gears) to the spring frame. I had to reconnect it to the electrical connections in the car and use the switch to move it forward / backward to align the attachment bolts through access holes. There may be an easier way.

8. Surprises... My headrest adjustment did not work. The broken seat spring had cut the wire for that motor. A splice fixed it. My back of the front seat up/down adjustment did not work. After playing with it there are 3 parts: a motor, a (hex?) cable, and then a drive mechanism to the gears that move the frame. My drive mechanism receiver is rounded and will no longer move by the turning of the cable inside. I have a new seat bottom motor section I bought from a member here and will install as time permits. Some items may be car specific, and some are interchageable. Check for your particular car. I asked for pictures of the items and electrical connectors before I bought them. Still no guarantee, but a help to confirm. Many people have had bad switches instead of seat motor issues. Another item to check before diving into seat internals.

Good luck!

Chuck