I need a quick primer on Ford F150 TAs

[southpawboston]

kids and DW are at the inlaws 8 hours away. they had to take the CRV to the dealer and had to remove the seats.

DW is trying to get the como and RYS into FIL's 2004 F150 regular cab. it has the rear seat with those "strap loops" as tether anchors. can someone remind me how you use those things? for outboard, do you feed the tether through the outboard loop and then clip it to the center loop? if you had two seats outboard, would you fasten both tethers to the center loop? (we will have the como RF, so that's moot, but i'm curious).

thanks!

[crunchierthanthou]

DW is trying to get the como and RYS into FIL's 2004 F150 regular cab. it has the rear seat with those "strap loops" as tether anchors. can someone remind me how you use those things? for outboard, do you feed the tether through the outboard loop and then clip it to the center loop? if you had two seats outboard, would you fasten both tethers to the center loop? (we will have the como RF, so that's moot, but i'm curious).


Is it regular cab or super cab? You say regular, but then mention the rear seat and ask about having two seats outboard (which isn't really possible in a regular cab).

The LATCH manual isn't very clear on the 2004 regular cab. It just says that there is LATCH passenger side outboard with a center loop for the TA. I would expect that you route through the loops to adjacent tethers, but you would have to have her check the owner's manual to know for sure.

In the super cab and super crew versions you route the tether through the webbing loop directly behind the seating position and connect to an adjacent loop. Yes, you can connect both outboard tethers to the center loop (after routing through their respective loops). The 2004 super cab also has three independent sets of lower anchors (unless it's a heritage edition, then it's just 1 set in the center).

[southpawboston]

yes, it is a super cab (with the suicide rear doors), i forgot to mention that. actually, i didn't know what it's called, but i knew that it wasn't the crew cab (full 4-door) and i figured that with the back seat, it was the extended cab whose name one of you would know :).

FIL has lost the manual :rolleyes:, which is why i posted here! thanks!

DW called me and did say that there were three full sets of anchors and three tether loops. interesting how they use the word "adjacent". that implies that if you have three seats, some loops are supporting more than one tether. it also implies that if you have two outboard seats, they both have to attach to the center loop. it's all sketchy, if you ask me.

[azgirl71]

In my Dodges you do as they told you DW. Outboard you run the tether through the webbing above the outboartd position and the attach outboard seats to center TA. If you install center you run the tether through the webbing and can then attach to either outboard TA. A lot of Trucks are like this.

ETA: it is ok to have 2 outboard seats tethered to the center TA per the maufactuer.

[CDNTech]

:yeahthat:

My parents have an '01 F150 (but the SuperCrewCab). In their manual it gives instructions with clear pictures on how to route tethers for the regular/supercab/supercrewcab vehicle.

The regular and supercab get routed through the loop and attach to adjacent loops. The center *is* allowed to share it's tether strap with both outboard locations (after routing of course).

The SuperCrewCab is a little different in that you attach the tether directly to the loop behind the seat it is positioned on.

Now, those are all instructions from a 2001, but it does not sound like they have changed things at all.

[jen_nah]

This makes me happy that our '02 Silverado has actual tether hooks (metal) built into the back cab wall.

[azgirl71]

This makes me happy that our '02 Silverado has actual tether hooks (metal) built into the back cab wall.

I have metal rings inside the webbing on our trucks. So even though it has to be ran through the webbing is still attatches to a metal ring.

[snowbird25ca]

My dad's 2008 GMC pick-up has metal loops for routing and tethering as well - and it's also a case of route through loop directly behind, and attach both outboard seats to the center loop.

My theory, is that the primary force is placed on the loops directly behind the seat. But all we know for sure is they tested it that way and it met standards. :shrug-shoulders:

[nisi]

You've probably got this all figured out by now, but for future use, you can download a copy of the F150 manual here
http://www.motorcraftservice.com/
(click "owner guides" at the left then choose your vehicle)

And yes, you feed the tether through the loop directly behind the seat then hook it to an ajacent loop. It's fine to have two tethers attached to the center loop.