Front Center Seat Belt Removal - Dodge RAM 1500 1998 Owner's Manual

8O - 30 RESTRAINTS
FRONT CENTER SEAT BELT & RETRACTOR (Continued)
Fig. 29 Front Center Seat Belt & Retractor Remove/
1 - BODY BRACKET
2 - BELT BRACKET
3 - SCREW (2)
4 - SCREW (2)
5 - RETRACTOR
6 - FLOOR PANEL
7 - SEAT BELT
8 - CAB BACK PANEL
WARNING: TO AVOID PERSONAL INJURY OR
DEATH, DURING AND FOLLOWING ANY SEAT BELT
OR CHILD RESTRAINT ANCHOR SERVICE, CARE-
FULLY INSPECT ALL SEAT BELTS, BUCKLES,
MOUNTING HARDWARE, RETRACTORS, TETHER
STRAPS, AND ANCHORS FOR PROPER INSTALLA-
TION, OPERATION, OR DAMAGE. REPLACE ANY
BELT THAT IS CUT,
STRAIGHTEN ANY
TIGHTEN ANY LOOSE FASTENERS. REPLACE ANY
BELT THAT HAS A DAMAGED OR INOPERATIVE
BUCKLE OR RETRACTOR. REPLACE ANY BELT
THAT HAS A BENT OR DAMAGED LATCH PLATE
OR ANCHOR PLATE.
RESTRAINT ANCHOR OR THE UNIT TO WHICH THE
ANCHOR IS INTEGRAL THAT HAS BEEN BENT OR
DAMAGED. NEVER ATTEMPT TO REPAIR A SEAT
BELT OR CHILD
ALWAYS REPLACE DAMAGED OR FAULTY SEAT
BELT AND CHILD RESTRAINT COMPONENTS WITH
THE CORRECT, NEW AND UNUSED REPLACEMENT
PARTS LISTED IN THE DAIMLERCHRYSLER MOPAR
PARTS CATALOG.
Install
FRAYED, OR
BELT THAT IS TWISTED.
REPLACE ANY
RESTRAINT COMPONENT.
(1) Position the front center seat belt and retractor
unit to the floor panel at the base of the cab back
panel to the right of center (Fig. 29).
(2) Install and tighten the two screws that secure
the front center seat belt retractor bracket to the
floor panel near the base of the cab back panel.
Tighten the screws to 40 N·m (29 ft. lbs.).
(3) Position the belt bracket of the front center
seat belt to the body bracket on the upper cab back
panel reinforcement.
(4) Install and tighten the two screws that secure
the belt bracket of the front center seat belt to the
body bracket on the upper cab back panel reinforce-
ment. Tighten the screws to 20 N·m (15 ft. lbs.).
(5) Reinstall the trim onto the cab back panel.
(Refer to 23 - BODY/INTERIOR/REAR CAB BACK
PANEL TRIM - INSTALLATION).
(6) Route the webbing of the front center seat belt
through the bezel and position the bezel to the belt
opening near the top of the cab back trim panel (Fig.
28).
(7) Using hand pressure, press firmly and evenly
on each side of the front center seat belt bezel until it
snaps into place on the cab back trim panel.
(8) Move the front seat back to its rearward posi-
tion.
(9) Reach between the center of the front seat
cushion and front seat back to access and buckle the
front center seat belt lower anchor latch plate to the
unique black, keyed lower anchor buckle.
FRONT CENTER SEAT BELT
REMOVAL
A fixed position front center seat belt buckle is
located on the left side of the front center seat sec-
tion (20 percent) used on all models. Standard cab
models also have a unique fixed position black, keyed
TORN.
front center seat belt lower anchor buckle for the
three-point center seat belt lower anchor located on
the right side of the front center seat section. The fol-
lowing procedure also applies to the fixed position
front center seat lap belt located on the right side of
the front center seat section of all quad cab models.
CHILD
The three-point front center seat belt and retractor
unit is only used on standard cab models. (Refer to 8
- ELECTRICAL/RESTRAINTS/FRONT
SEAT BELT & RETRACTOR - REMOVAL).
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CENTER