Removal and Installation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2003 Mercury Sable and 2003 Ford Taurus. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
NOTE:
New safety belt buckles, height adjusters, center adjust tongues and belts and retractors can be installed separately. However, if a safety belt assembly was in use during a collision, a new belt and retractor must be installed as well as the center adjust tongue and belt and buckle assembly or the center adjust tongue and the cable and buckle assembly. When installing new safety belts and buckles, height adjusters, safety cables and buckles, center adjust tongues and belt and retractors, use only Ford parts specified for the make and model of the vehicle being repaired. Safety belt assemblies must not be interchanged between vehicle models.
- Remove the trim cover.
- Remove the safety belt buckle.
- Remove the nut.
- Remove the safety belt buckle anchor bracket from the floor stud.
- Route the safety belt buckle from the retaining strap.
- Remove the safety belt buckle.
- To install, reverse the removal procedure.
- Refer to the removal procedure or Specifications for torque specifications.
- Make sure that the safety belt buckle is routed through the retaining strap.
- Check the restraint system for correct operation.
NOTE:
Make sure to tighten the nut to specification.