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?

 

[yyc_tbird_sc]

It's a seatbelt pre-tensioner. It works in conjunction with the airbag system. However, unlike an airbag...it won't explode. In the event of an accident, it actually puts more tension into the seat belt to be sure that you're held in tightly.

You can probably unplug it, but you're going to have an airbag light flashing at you from that point on. There probably isn't a way around this unless you can find a way to mount the new seats to the old seat tracks and keep it in the system.

Just because it won't explode like an airbag, it is still a charged object that could be triggered to retract while you're holding it if you're not careful. This could (and probably would) create a pretty good injury. Be careful if you're going to handle it.

 

[feellnfroggy]

Actually mounting the new seats to the old seat tracks is prolly the best way possible anyways. APC seats should be built to mount to any seat track for just that reason.

 

[adsm08]

Just because it won't explode like an airbag, it is still a charged object that could be triggered to retract while you're holding it if you're not careful. This could (and probably would) create a pretty good injury. Be careful if you're going to handle it.

Listen to this part especially. Unplugging ANY part of the airbag system without a proper de-powering can (allegedly and according to ALL manufacturers) send a surge through the system and set off the airbag.




Now, get us up some pics of that Vette.