RAM 2500 Truck 2WD V8-5.7L (2008)
Seat Belt Height Adjuster: Service and Repair
Installation
Front
FRONT
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.
1. Position the front seat belt turning loop height adjuster (2) to the inside of the B-pillar (1).
2. Engage the tab near the lower end of the height adjuster into the slot in the sheet metal of the inner B-pillar.
3. Hand tighten the lower of the two screws (3) that secure the height adjuster to the B-pillar far enough to keep the tab on the lower end of the
adjuster engaged in the B-pillar slot.
4. Install the upper screw that secures the seat belt turning loop height adjuster to the upper B-pillar, then tighten both the upper and lower screws to
39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
5. Reinstall the upper trim onto the inside of the B-pillar. See: Body and Frame/Interior Moulding / Trim/Trim Panel/Service and Repair/Pillar
Trim/B-Pillar Trim .
6. Position the seat belt turning loop onto the height adjuster on the upper B-pillar.
7. Install and tighten the screw that secures the turning loop to the height adjuster. Tighten the screw to 39 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
8. Engage the upper edge of a new trim cover over the top of the turning loop. Then squeeze the lower end of the trim cover and the turning loop
together firmly and evenly until the engagement tabs of the trim cover snap into the slots of the turning loop.
Rear - Mega Cab
REAR - 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.
