Hey guys I have some youngsters still in car seats, and the 3 point outside belts in the back don't lock. Any suggestions on aftermarket seat belts for the safety conscious dad?

 

This is where having a owners manual is helpful. You should find that if you pull the belts all the way out (fully) they will engage a locking feature for car seats. You can tell that this has happended as the belts will click as they retract.

In order to cancel this feature, you have to let the seat belts fully retract, then they will return to normal operation until pulled fully out again.

Hope this helps, David

 

David, my belts won't do this. I remember how in the old days they would do this, but in my truck they don't. Dont know if they're broken or not, but the outside rear belts wont lock off at all.

 

They should, both my reg cab and work truck ext cab F series do this, but I have not owed a crew cab before.

Beyond that, it is going to make it tuff to put a car seat in, although when I had little kids many years ago, I used a commonly sold seat belt clip to hold the seat belt, not sure that flies today though. Accepted norms and rules have tightend up considerably in the last 20 years.

When I was a small kid I just rode in a canvas basket w/metal frame that hooked over the seat back, not straped in at all!

I guess the only other choice if the belts are not broken is to use the middle seat belt, but that is a pain for sure.

Please keep us posted on what you find out.

David

 

My '96 supercab & my '97 crew cab both have the ratcheting feature on the rear seat belts, BUT....92-95 has a different part # for the rear seat belt than 96-97.
I wonder if '96 was the year they added this feature?

 

That's what I decided I was going to look at, buying the newer version.

 

I use the clip, its as legal and secure as anything else. All the carseats i've bought have come with them, and i imagine you can buy a clip by itself somewhere, either at walmart/target whatever, or online from a carseat manufacturer. There was a spot molded into the seat, usually in the back or underneath, that the clip snaps into for storage. Its sort of an H shaped thing. They are generic, not seat specific. takes a couple tries to get them adjusted just right, but its not too bad. i have one forward-facing seat in my 95 cc back seat for my 2-year old, and a few boosters. Works fine.

 

See this thread - same topic:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-crew-cab.html

 

GuitarJesus, did you ever fix the rear seat belts of your truck. My children are also 5 and 7 and I am experiencing the same problem in putting my children in booster seats of my 1991 F350 Supercab.

 

I never did. I got the seatbelt clips. My kids can't stand it, but they're safe.

 

Are you using them with their booster seats? I was using the H-Clip with there car seats but they are too big for them now. So I was going to use a booster seat, but I hadn't thought about using the H-Clip with a booster seat.

 

My older daughter is 10 and too tall, and my younger daughter just uses a booster with the clip.

 

Thanks, I will have to try it.

 

I'm gonna take a look at a 96-97 crew rear belts sometime and see if they ratchet for sure or not.

 

Can you also check to see if "96-97" rear seat belts will fit into the older body style "91". I imagine it would be easier to find replacement belts for "96-97" than the older "91".