Seat Belt Retracting Slowly

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

In my VR one of the rear seat belts retracts very slowly. I am going for roadworthy soon, worried they may ping me on it. Anybody know if there is an easy fix to get them working better again or do I need to replace the whole thing?

[Brockfan05Participant AlburyVR Berlina 5.0L VS Clubsport View build HERE Member since: March 7, 2015 Posts: 39]

Ha, finally I can offer some advice!! In my experience as a mature age apprentice mechanic, I have actually fixed a number of seat belt issues. You need to access the retractor reel, give it a thorough vacuum out around the whole area as it will probably have 20 + years of crud in there. Then get yourself some white spirits, wet a cloth with it and run it up and down the length of the belt until its clean. Then get some silicone spray, and pull the belt out the full length, then lube all the reel mechanism with the spray. Keep doing this while you then let the belt retract, then pull the belt out again etc etc until it frees up. Should be good to go

[WomblesParticipant 1995 VS Acclaim v6. Soon to be supercharged 1995 VS Executive 5L. 1973 Holden Torana Deluxe View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 71]

Or… Just pull the seat belt out, grab a can of tyre shine and give it a spray. I was skeptical at first but tried it on my front belts and it worked very well!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Brockfan05 wrote:

Ha, finally I can offer some advice!! In my experience as a mature age apprentice mechanic, I have actually fixed a number of seat belt issues. You need to access the retractor reel, give it a thorough vacuum out around the whole area as it will probably have 20 + years of crud in there. Then get yourself some white spirits, wet a cloth with it and run it up and down the length of the belt until its clean. Then get some silicone spray, and pull the belt out the full length, then lube all the reel mechanism with the spray. Keep doing this while you then let the belt retract, then pull the belt out again etc etc until it frees up. Should be good to go

Cheers mate, exactly the info I needed. I can imaging when the car was going through the respray there was dust going everywhere. I had a look on eBay and they are not cheap to just replace!

Wombles wrote:

Or… Just pull the seat belt out, grab a can of tyre shine and give it a spray. I was skeptical at first but tried it on my front belts and it worked very well!

Sounds like a combination of the above is the go.

Thanks guys, really appreciate the advice, will have a go on the week end and post up how I go

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