Seat belts locked?

Yiannis197

Paid Member

• Jul 29, 2017

• #1

So, I eventually bought some seat belts from a yellow pack'd Clio but they all seem to have been securely locked so I can't really pull the belt out.

I suspect that this is some sort of a mechanism which locks down the belt when it is removed from the vehicle (when the belt is retracted more than a specific point I guess) but I can't seem to be able to work around it?

Am I missing something?

Thanks

 

Chris

Bad cop

• Jul 29, 2017

• #2

Can you open it up and take a look inside?

 

C

Car.crash

• Jul 29, 2017

• #3

Have you fitted them?

 

Sean197

RIP Albi :( Hello Red 200 :)

Moderator

• Jul 29, 2017

• #4

I belive if they are in anything other than an upright position, ie the way they're installed, then they'll lock. So in theory all you have to do is hold the inertia reel part upright and the belt should move freely.

 

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Yiannis197

Paid Member

• Jul 29, 2017

• #5

Many thanks for your replies guys.

Chris said:

Can you open it up and take a look inside?

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That's the thing. The plastic part that covers the locking mechanism won't budge and I don't want to try anything stupid until I ask around first.

Car.crash said:

Have you fitted them?

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Sean197 said:

I belive if they are in anything other than an upright position, ie the way they're installed, then they'll lock. So in theory all you have to do is hold the inertia reel part upright and the belt should move freely.

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No I haven't yet simply because I wanted to clean them first prior to fitting, it'd be a much easier job however what Sean says makes absolute sense (even though I tried every single angle)! I'll try fitting one out of curiosity and give it a go.

 

C

Car.crash

• Jul 29, 2017

• #6

They won't operate unless fitted. If you've fitted them and they still don't work then maybe the pretensioners have fired.

 

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Yiannis197

Paid Member

• Jul 29, 2017

• #7

Car.crash said:

They won't operate unless fitted. If you've fitted them and they still don't work then maybe the pretensioners have fired.

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Thanks mate. But the rears don't have pretensioners correct?

 

Mossy

Paid Member

• Jul 29, 2017

• #8

As above they need to be installed before you can open them.

 

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Foxspeed

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• Jul 30, 2017

• #9

Sean197 said:

I belive if they are in anything other than an upright position, ie the way they're installed, then they'll lock. So in theory all you have to do is hold the inertia reel part upright and the belt should move freely.

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its usually this !