Seat Belt Question...reeled in and stuck

[fastfutura]

I got some new seat belts from a 91 to put in my 89. When I removed the seat belts, the slack retracted back into it. Now they are stuck and I can't get the belt to pull out, it just locks up.

Anyone got any idea how to get the belts to pull out? I think that they are stuck because so much of the belt retracted and its tight but I don't know how the mechanism works.

 

[HISSIN50]

Seems to me that it can be worth playing with the rear pin switch in the door. It is for locking the seatbelts via the inertia reel.

I would play with that and read up on it for a few mins before ripping stuff apart too far.

Good luck.

 

[fastfutura]

These seat belts don't have that pin switch in the door. They are the newer style. I searched the threads and didn't find anything helpful.

The seatbelts are not in the car. I want to install them but they are fully retracted and stuck. I just want to unlock them.

 

[PR_wingman]

If there out of the car just move the locking mechanisms, the same happened last week to my 87 mustang with the belt all the way out.
I had to remove the plastic cover and found that the counterweight fell off and the door cable was out of position.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Same thing just happened to me.


I found some nice black seatbelts out of a 1990 in MINT condition. WHen i removed them, they retracted and now they won't come out anymore. They worked in the car as i tested them.

 

[Roland69]

they need to be held at the right angle as if they were in the car....or they will stay locked

 

[Mustang5L5]

Thanks, just figured it out