Replacing Seat Belt Buckle

     Seat belts are one of the most required and important parts in the car to maintain your safety in the car. Seat belts offer a great way to prevent passengers hitting the window or front glass in the situation of accident or sliding of car from the road.  Since the time seat belts are introduced in cars, the number of deaths in car crashes has reduced. Before seat belts were introduced, there were no preventive measures as such for protecting the passengers in case of accidents. As the seat belts got introduced, many car manufacturers have introduced different types of seat belts and there parts.

     Due to excessive use of cars and seat belts, various parts of seat belts may get damaged often. Also as there are various parts of seat belts which are constantly being developed as suitable for different people, fashion, age groups etc., finding the right replacement for the seat belt parts which are damaged is also a task. Seat belt buckles is the part in the seat belt assembly which is also known as seat belt tongue which goes into seat belt retainer and holds it to prevent passenger from moving. Many a times, the buckle gets broken or damaged by various reasons and because of this the functioning of seat belt may be stopped. Hence you should replace the seat belt buckle or repair it, whenever it is needed.

     There are different types of buckles made for different cars according to different manufacturers and you should replace the right one to work it properly. There are various types of buckle and some common types are, passenger side buckle, driver side buckle, buckle clip, buckle, rigid stem buckle, kids belt buckle etc., according the use and functionality, you can replace your current damaged buckle with any of the above.

To replace the buckle, first remove the current buckle. Buckle is mostly attached to the extension called webbing and normally to replace the buckle, you will have the remove that webbing too. While, in some modern buckles you can only remove it without the need of removing the whole webbing. To remove the buckle, simply remove it from the extension by detaching it from the extension. You can replace it with only the buckle or there are buckles available with extension too. If you are replacing only the buckle, then just take the new buckle and attach it to the webbing. If you are replacing the buckle with extension then you will have to remove the old webbing and attach the new buckle with extension to the seat belt. Normally all buckles are available in the market in the range of 15 $ to 20 $ and they are easily available on online marketplaces and nearby stores.

     Nowadays, all the car manuals contain the instructions regarding replacing the buckle, hence you can always take help of that or on internet also there are thousands of guidelines for all car parts, which also will help you to solve the things.

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