Rear Center Anchor And Right Outboard - Mega Cab

REAR CENTER ANCHOR AND RIGHT OUTBOARD - MEGA CAB

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury during and following any seat belt or child restraint anchor service, carefully inspect all seat belts, buckles, mounting hardware, retractors, tether straps, and anchors for proper installation, operation, or damage. Replace any belt that is cut, frayed, or torn. Straighten any belt that is twisted. Tighten any loose fasteners. Replace any belt that has a damaged or ineffective buckle or retractor. Replace any belt that has a bent or damaged latch plate or anchor plate. Replace any child 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 restraint component. Always replace damaged or ineffective seat belt and child restraint components with the correct, new and unused replacement parts listed in the DaimlerChrysler Mopar(R) Parts Catalog.

NOTE: The rear seat right outboard occupant buckle is serviced as a unit with a mounting bracket. The lower anchor of the rear center seat belt and retractor is also secured to the mounting bracket with a screw so that it can be removed from the mounting bracket and serviced separately from the buckle.




1. Engage the buckle unit between the seat cushion (2) and the seat back (1), then position the anchor bracket (3) to the rear seat rear mounting bracket (5) behind the rear seat as a unit. Be certain to engage the anti-rotation tab on the anchor bracket into the clearance hole in the mounting bracket.

2. Install and tighten the nut (4) that secures the buckle anchor bracket to the stud on the rear seat rear mounting bracket. Tighten the nut to 23 Nm (17 ft. lbs.).

3. Install and tighten a new screw (6) to secure the buckle anchor bracket and the rear seat rear mounting bracket to the rear floor panel. Tighten the screw to 47 Nm (35 ft. lbs.).

4. Route the center seat belt lower anchor between the seat back and the seat cushion and position it to the anchor bracket. Be certain the belt webbing is not twisted between the retractor and the anchor bracket.

5. Install and tighten the screw (7) that secures the seat belt lower anchor to the anchor bracket. Tighten the screw to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).

6. Restore the 60 percent seat back filler panel and the seat back to their previous positions.