Tapping Plate Repair
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Dodge Stratus and 2005 Chrysler Sebring. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The Tapping Plate used to mount the seat belt height adjuster is designed to deform outboard during certain significant vehicle crash events. Should a deformed tapping plate be found on a damaged vehicle that is to be repaired, the following procedure can be used to reposition the tapping plate relative to the B-pillar, thus enabling replacement of the seat belt height adjuster.
- Using a large diameter screw socket as a spacer, hand start a three inch 7/16-20 bolt and washer into the threaded tapping plate hole.
- Continue to apply bolt torque and deform the tapping plate back flush with the B-pillar inner.