Stupid new seatbelts.

[pervert]

My car has 2x new seatbelts in the front, like a lot of replacement belts I've come across, they lock the mechanism ALL the time and you can't pull them out to put them on, and not just on hills either.

A lot of the time you can't get the passenger side belt on, and this is a bit of an issue...

Is there any way to reduce the sensitivity of the locking mechanism or whatever...in short...is there a fix for this?

[Mr Revhead]

first thing id check is do you have the right ones, and are they mounted at the correct angle.

[pervert]

I've just recently got the car, and they were put in by the previous person...

How do I tell if they are the right ones or not?

[Mr Revhead]

id be looking to see who the autoliv dealer is in dunedin.
you may need to remove panels and take it in for them to have a look at.

im not an expert on belts, but i do know theres a few toyota ones that look the same but mount on different angles. if the angle is wrong you get that locking that we all hate

[pervert]

Thanks for that Mr R, I've only just finally started to wear my belt all the time...and now I've got this car that won't let me...I can't win...

[rolla_fxgt]

Its Angow compliancing who do the belts in Dunedin. But personally im not happy with their work, i had to have a new belt installed & had to get whole new clicker assembly too, so different colour to factory, but the bit i hate the most is that the belt locks up all the time, so any slight incline & its locked solid.
Im thinking of taking mine out & loading the new webbing onto the old spool & reinstalling that & seeing how it goes. I know its kinda frowned upon, but hey at least i'll be able to breath around corners & up hills.

Is there anyway to losen the sping inside the tensioner so it doesnt bite so quickly?

[pervert]

Is there anyway to losen the sping inside the tensioner so it doesnt bite so quickly?

That's kinda what I want to find out...

[sergei]

don't loosen spring, change the angle