seatbelts not winding back in

[tim124]

My front seatbelts dont retract back in very well and passengers keep nearly shutting them in the door.

Anything i can do?

 

[H182]

doubt it other than get some different seatbelts.

 

[daviebroon]

^ as above as far as i know.

new units are so not cheap either mate. Gotta be a scrappy job. I needed a new one for my MOT and it cost wayyy over £100 per side... and thats just for 1 spool on the rear!! Fuk knows how much it'll be for the fronts

 

[Henry]

mine's also doing this and it's annoying. i was going to take the reel off at some point and have a look so see if it's possible to dismantle and adjust it. wondering if the retraction mechanism is a spiral spring and if it might be possible to put another turn on it to increase its tension. does anyone know?

 

[daviebroon]

^^ i have my f*cked one in my boot. I will dismantle it and take a pic if you want

 

[Henry]

top man; that'd be really handy.
i've fiddled with older reels before but have no idea what the insides of a pre-tensioned one might look like.
do you know where the pyro-charge is? might be a consideration whilst dismantling it

 

[daviebroon]

pyro charge is in the actual plastic assembly that you click the belt into... it activates and pulls the assembly down immediately, therefore pulling your seatbelt tought.

As far as im aware, its just a standard coil tension on the belt reels.

 

[Henry]

hopefully fairly straight forward then

 

[daviebroon]

best i can do mate. Looks like they do have a pyrotechnics charge inside the reel after all. This was taken from the rear, so it may differ on the front, sorry... not as much help as i thought. Can't dismantle it anymore than it is, as there are warning of explosion all over the covers lol.

think it might be a new unit needed, as it is impossible to rewind this thing. Like i said, if you are replacing... don't buy new if it can be helped, they are a ridiculous price

 

[Henry]

that was quick! thanks a lot for that; does seem that new reels are going to be the simplest answer

ed. thinking on, if that's the rear belt, may be there isn't a second charge in the front system (as you say); will have a look at some point anyway


apols to tim124 for my interruption

 

[Henry]

on reflection, i guess the front belts are also going to have charges to retract the diagonal, whereas that in the clip must be for the lap portion of the belt. ah well

 

[caister]

Its worth giving them a good clean as mine used to stick a bit but after a good wash they are fine now.

 

[DCI_DUDE]

Glad im not the only one with this problem !! The miss keep's moaning about shuting them in the door !!! Then i get the 'if you had a C2 like me...' :dapprove:

 

[caister]

Well worth trying to clean them. I just used autoglym interior shampoo. Just give them a good scrub. Its amazing what a layer of grime on the belts will do.

 

[Sym0n]

Try fully extending the belt to it's furthest point and then attack it as close to the reel itself on both sides of the actual belt with WD40. Then let the belt coil back and bit and pull it out to its furthest point again. Repeat that a couple of times.

Worked for me, and no I've not ended up with WD40 all over me or my clothes lol.