96 tacoma drivers side seat buckle replace

hello, i took the drivers side seat out of my 96 tacoma dlx 4x4 to replace the seat buckle...well it looks complacated. any thoughts on that, or does the insert pop out to repair..tks in advance

 

Bucket seats or 60/40 bench?

xtra cab or single cab?

the buckle mounted to seat frame
Or
The belt that mounts to inr cab
?

 

I rebuild Tacoma and Tundra's. I send my seat belt assemblies to be rebuilt.

I use a company out of Georgia.

Myairbags.com

They can rebuild any seatbelt.

 

bucket w armrest...buckle attached to seat, xtra cab dlx model

 

buckets w armrest, xtra cab, buckle mounted to bottom of seat somewhere

 

myself and another member just did a 60/40 to bucket swap
(my 96 taco Xtra cab got the buckets)
search for my thread.....really good pix of differences between xtra cab and single cab buckle differences

if you just need buckle, super easy one 14mm bolt....might have to remove seat bc of center console
there is a 2 wire harness with pigtail but easy to get to
hard thing is to source the buckle from junkyard/ebay/etc


now if the belt(like the spring doesnt retract or belt is frayed)
would totally go with koditten's recommendation

 

hey OP
i just looked on myairbags site and they have a section "buckle repair"
GL