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Estate centre inertial reel seat belt jammed

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:18 pm
by Doggy
My bro has this problem on his D8 estate - the rear seat / belts are never used, but he noticied it the other day and the MOT's due in a week or so.......

Anybody had, or sorted something similar?
Or know how to get at it?

Any suggestions gratefully received, (I have a feeling muggins will get roped in eventually). :roll:

Re: Estate centre inertial reel seat belt jammed

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:29 pm
by waue1978
I did this with Wiggy's old back seat mate. Not as bad a job as I first thought to get at, but not too sure about fixing the mechanism:

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=14926&hilit=+rear+seat

Re: Estate centre inertial reel seat belt jammed

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:17 pm
by Bailes1992
Just unbolt the belt from the chassis under the rear bench and let ir retract.
Worked a treat on my D8!

Re: Estate centre inertial reel seat belt jammed

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:48 am
by Doggy
Thanks for the info & suggestions guys, now we have some idea where to look.

Maybe I should have said, it's fully retracted and doesn't want to come out to play. :roll:

Re: Estate centre inertial reel seat belt jammed

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:12 pm
by mjb
Bailes1992 wrote:Just unbolt the belt from the chassis under the rear bench and let ir retract.
Worked a treat on my D8!
Two things of note - one is that you should let it retract with the car on the flat and the seat locked upright. Second is that if the bolt's seized, there's a risk that the captive nut underneath the car could come free while trying this - as happened with my tubby estate.

Re: Estate centre inertial reel seat belt jammed

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:07 pm
by Doggy
Thanks for the tip Matt, I'll pass it along. 8)