PLZZZZZ Help me here! im mid seat swap!

[06RangerXLT]

ok so i pulled my seat and am looking at it and i find this thing and i have no idea if its safe to remove or what. i need to figure out how to mount the seatbelt to my new seats, and im trying to get the brackets made up but i need a template for the guys whos making them.

So heres the thing im talking about:

another angle:

The bottom of the seat:

The seatbelt:

Where the buckle mounts to the seat:

The tub thing and a metal cable going from the tube thing, around the seat buckle bolt, and up to the buckle it looks like:

the seats im trying to put in:

The truck their going in:

Can someone please tell me what this tube does and if i can unbolt the buckle without any problems?

 

[Toofarnorth]

Do the seats recline? Could it be the upright return mech?

 

[garyl]

I believe if triggered it locks your seat belt in place in an accident so you don.t hit the dash. I have thrown many used canisters similar to that away at the body shop I work at. Just be real careful I don't see a yellow plug like for the airbag so watch any trigger mechanism there might be.

 

[Hotrodlincoln]

Looks like a seat belt tensioner. They go off similar to airbags and pull the seatbelt taught so you don't hit the dash in a wreck. Never seen one exactly like that. They're usually on the retractor mechanism in the pillar. I guess that's for the center seat?

 

[06RangerXLT]

Looks like a seat belt tensioner. They go off similar to airbags and pull the seatbelt taught so you don't hit the dash in a wreck. Never seen one exactly like that. They're usually on the retractor mechanism in the pillar. I guess that's for the center seat?

It connects to the drivers buckle. so im lost... but maybe its something that when the cable pulls taught its activated to pull the buckle ever tighter?

 

[multiranger]

Mu guess is it is just there to keep the cable from pulling out in a crash.. It would have to be able to hold back the force of a lot of weight... just my .02 worth

 

[logicgear]

it is like the retracter for your belt itself. after an accident it must be replaced. for your aftermarket seats you'll have to either buy an entire new seat belt and buckle that doesn't have that safty device or find a ranger that uses the same buckle but not the cartrage. like a modle that is a little older.

 

[06RangerXLT]

the passenger seat doesnt have it.. maybe just grab a pass buckle for the drivers side?

 

[06RangerXLT]

Solution: buy a passenger buckle assembly and over engineer the seat brackets for extra safety on and off road.

Thanks again guys!