big front seat belt problem

hi, i removed all my dash, are rear bits and bobs, sprayed the inside and put it all bk in with no probs, expect 4 the front seat belts, bolted the top bit in then went to bolt the bottom bolt in and couldnt pull the seat belt out, on either one, and now i cant put the seat belts in!!!!! any help would be great

Rob

Only thing I can think of off top of my head is if they are handed and you get left and right mixed up - would make inertia real upside down? :dontknow:  and therefore wouldn't work?

Hairyarse said

Only thing I can think of off top of my head is if they are handed and you get left and right mixed up - would make inertia real upside down? :dontknow:  and therefore wouldn't work?

nah i keep the 2 belts on the side i took them off, it is like the reels have done up so much that a safety catch inside or something

quite simply it sounds like the inertia part has activated and wont release unless you just leave them, inertia belts often do this even when bolted in a car! you be best to bolt the top in and leave it hanging untill you can un reel the rest, sometimes you can fiddle with them and they unravel but the more movement the tighter the inertia part seems to grip!

Topoftherange said

quite simply it sounds like the inertia part has activated and wont release unless you just leave them, inertia belts often do this even when bolted in a car! you be best to bolt the top in and leave it hanging untill you can un reel the rest, sometimes you can fiddle with them and they unravel but the more movement the tighter the inertia part seems to grip!

shall i prop them up with something or let them hang?

Try tilting them at a slight angle rather than exactly vertical.

paul_c said

Try tilting them at a slight angle rather than exactly vertical.

any angle, or tilt them towards the inside of the car or to the left?

From memory you need to tilt from side to side (left to right). I've had a couple of locked up belts apart in the past. There's a little ball bearing inside that sits in little cradle with a lever, if the seatbelt is at the wrong angle the ball bearing knocks the lever to lock the belt.

From what I can work out this is not part of the inertia mechanism as with it removed the belt still locked up when pulled quickly and it only activated when the belt is tilted from side to side a lot. May be an extra mechanism in event of a roll over or just to stop belts being re-used?

Cheers

markwon said

From memory you need to tilt from side to side (left to right). I've had a couple of locked up belts apart in the past. There's a little ball bearing inside that sits in little cradle with a lever, if the seatbelt is at the wrong angle the ball bearing knocks the lever to lock the belt.

From what I can work out this is not part of the inertia mechanism as with it removed the belt still locked up when pulled quickly and it only activated when the belt is tilted from side to side a lot. May be an extra mechanism in event of a roll over or just to stop belts being re-used?

Cheers

cheers for that i will try that today and let u no how i get on

the seat belts are fixed, i tried all the things above and i couldnt get them to work, then my girlfriend tried and fixed both of them.

cheers for the help people

Pesky women's touch.  You spend hours trying to remove/install/fix something and somehow they can do it in seconds even though they may not have the slightest clue about the car.

dannyboyblue said

Pesky women's touch.  You spend hours trying to remove/install/fix something and somehow they can do it in seconds even though they may not have the slightest clue about the car.

tell me about it, "women logic" lol

cheers 4 the help people