Seat Belt Return Spring

Hi,

Been a few years since I removed these. does anyone know how to refit them? As they are the seat belt doesn't return to the normal position. Does the spring need to be under tension some how? Or am I missing any bits for it?

Thanks

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Hi, the spring needs to be under tension, i used a screw driver to wind the spring round a few turns until the belt sits in the correct position. It's a bit of trial and error.
Andy

Thanks for the reply Andy. I thought that might be the case, but just wanted to check before doing it

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Can always try the furniture polish on the belt trick as well

Thanks for the suggestion, I've not heard that one before

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Just don't try to take the clock spring off on the inside of the belt housing… You will never get it back on….

I have a how do I do that one taking the Belts off, and on a Cabriolet you can change them out with ones off a Cabrio with a little modification.

Unspooling the Belts and Washing them in a bucket or Washing machine works to clean the webbing, but makes one hell of a racket, and you need to place them in a pillow case.

The spring that you have in the picture is the one that maintains the belt in position, as in Center upright.
It doesn't have anything to do with the Belt retraction.

Belt retraction is controlled by the Gravity Dog, and the Clock spring that is one the smaller side of the belt housing.

Clock spring on the right or thinner side.
Gravity check or dog on the Thicker or Left side in the Picture.


Gravity dog out of it's walk…

Thanks for the detailed help and I'll give your other suggestions a try to help the belt retract. Getting it to return to the upright position is my first job

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Does anyone know where I can find the torque settings for the seat belt bolts. I have two Haynes manuals but neither of them seem to mention the seat belts

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andyphill said

Hi, the spring needs to be under tension, i used a screw driver to wind the spring round a few turns until the belt sits in the correct position. It's a bit of trial and error.
Andy

I see what you mean by it been trial and error. Which ever way or what ever tension I put on the sprint it does this

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Thanks for the torque settings that's a great help. Before I tightened everything up I noticed I have two different size spacers on the anchor bolts closest to the floor. Passenger side one is around 9mm and the drivers side around 17mm. Does anyone know which is the correct one?

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Either, one….They allow the belt holder to spin on the axis, I usually sand them shiny and apply grease.
I have the shorter ones on my Cabriolets rear belt attachment…The longer ones were at the top belt pivot.
 

mk1newbie said

I see what you mean by it been trial and error. Which ever way or what ever tension I put on the sprint it does this

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That's correct, the belt should sit flat on the floor so you don't trip over it when getting into the back of the car.

Great, thanks for your help both, massive help

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