RAM 3500 Truck 4WD L6-6.7L DSL Turbo (2008)
Seat Belt: Service and Repair
Seat Belt and Retractor - Installation
Front Center - Standard Cab
FRONT CENTER - STANDARD 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: A front center seat belt and retractor is used only on standard cab vehicles. Quad cab and mega cab vehicles have a lap belt in the front
center seating position. See: Seat Belt Buckle/Service and Repair/Seat Belt Buckle - Installation.
NOTE: All seat belt retractors except the driver side front retractor include a switchable automatic locking mechanism. See: Seat Belt
Retractor/Description and Operation/Description.
1. Position the front center seat belt and retractor unit (5) to the floor panel (6) at the base of the cab back panel (8) to the right of center.
2. Install and tighten the two screws (4) 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 Nm (29 ft. lbs.).
3. Position the belt bracket (2) of the front center seat belt (7) to the body bracket (1) on the upper cab back panel reinforcement.
4. Install and tighten the two screws (3) that secure the belt bracket of the front center seat belt to the body bracket on the upper cab back panel
reinforcement. Tighten the screws to 20 Nm (15 ft. lbs.).
