pfflyer
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I thought I was actually going to contribute something useful this weekend. I took my drivers b-pillar off and I was careful but a spring flew across the van and a black part fell straight down. Found the spring and discovered both came off the seat belt height adjustment. There are three parts that came out. A spring, a black plastic part that the bottom of the spring goes onto and a shinny metal part that looks like a boot. It was pretty easy to figured out how the plastic part and spring goes back into the assembly. Its the metal boot shaped part that was a mystery. After fooling around with it for about an hour I took a break and searched here on the forum. Found several results but none that showed my simple mind how the boot went back in. One post by Geek said the following:
Dave: what sprintguy said...
B-pillar: Once you've removed the torx and d-rings give it a pull.. there are 4 "pressure tabs" that hold it on about half way up - they will let go with enough of a tug. The slider over the seatbelt adjust slides off.. be VERY careful you don't hit the little tab in the seatbelt adjust very hard.. it'll pop apart and a spring and bunch of little bits will go flying DAMHIK.
If you do release the seatbelt configuration it is quite a fiddly job to put it all back together.
with this picture
http://topgeek.smugmug.com/Other/2011-Mercedes-Benz-Sprinter/i-DfV8PqQ/0/M/smugshot4286289-M.jpg
The next post by Cedarsanctum said
I wish there was an easy way to describe how to put the seat belt bits back together. It is fiddly to the maximum, and every time i do it, i have to re-learn how.
Jef
So after lunch I thought I would document how it all went back together to help the next person out complete with pictures and everything. I hardly ever swear but I said at least two years worth after lunch. I think but cant (won't) swear it goes in the way Geek is holding it in his picture, by the toe. That is way I started after lunch and think after another hour of "fiddling" (and taking apart the passenger side) it went back and worked like it should. So I still haven't contributed much because the above quote by Geek and Cedarsanctum pretty much sums it up.
Bottom line when taking the b-pillar off take Geeks advise above and be careful.
Dave: what sprintguy said...
B-pillar: Once you've removed the torx and d-rings give it a pull.. there are 4 "pressure tabs" that hold it on about half way up - they will let go with enough of a tug. The slider over the seatbelt adjust slides off.. be VERY careful you don't hit the little tab in the seatbelt adjust very hard.. it'll pop apart and a spring and bunch of little bits will go flying DAMHIK.
If you do release the seatbelt configuration it is quite a fiddly job to put it all back together.
with this picture
http://topgeek.smugmug.com/Other/2011-Mercedes-Benz-Sprinter/i-DfV8PqQ/0/M/smugshot4286289-M.jpg
The next post by Cedarsanctum said
I wish there was an easy way to describe how to put the seat belt bits back together. It is fiddly to the maximum, and every time i do it, i have to re-learn how.
Jef
So after lunch I thought I would document how it all went back together to help the next person out complete with pictures and everything. I hardly ever swear but I said at least two years worth after lunch. I think but cant (won't) swear it goes in the way Geek is holding it in his picture, by the toe. That is way I started after lunch and think after another hour of "fiddling" (and taking apart the passenger side) it went back and worked like it should. So I still haven't contributed much because the above quote by Geek and Cedarsanctum pretty much sums it up.
Bottom line when taking the b-pillar off take Geeks advise above and be careful.
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