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Second Row Center Safety Belt Retractor - 40/20/40

SECOND ROW CENTER SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR - 40/20/40







Removal and Installation
1. Remove the head restraint.
2. Remove the safety belt guide trim cover.







3. Pull out and up at the rear of the release handle bezel to release the rear retainer.







4. At the front of the seat, push the material down, release the retainer and remove the release handle bezel.
5. Release the seat backrest lower J-clip. Remove all the staples and separate the material.

6. CAUTION: Use care when separating the seat upholstery from the hook and loop strip, or the hook and loop trim can be torn from the seat backrest foam pad.

Separate the hook and loop fasteners and invert the trim cover to the top of the backrest.







7. NOTE:
- The inboard and outboard head restraint sleeves are not interchangeable.
- The head restraint sleeves incorporate an alignment tab that must face forward when installed.

Squeeze together the tip of the head restraint sleeve and pull the sleeve out of the frame tube.

8. Remove the backrest trim cover.
9. Remove the backrest foam pad.
10. Remove the safety belt retractor cover.
11. Remove the bolt and the safety belt retractor.
- To install, tighten to 55 Nm (41 lb-ft).

12. To install, reverse the removal procedure.