Canadian Boyz

Ok the seat belt mechanism is locked up I took it out to sound deaden the back wall now the belt has retracted and I cant un-lock it to re-install.. Is there a safety catch to release it ??

SultanGris

they tend to lock up when you stop abruptly or slow down fast so they must have some sort of mechanical thing inside the housing that moves when you slow or stop fast that locks it up, try turning it around the way its supposed to be installed and it should unlock. Ive never actually taken one apart so I cant tell you exactly, but perhaps someone else can.

zap

Ever wrecked the vehicle? Some of them have safety mechanisms to fully retract and lock the belt after a wreck to tell the owner to replace it as it has been stretched too much for safe use but I don't know if it is on any of the Fords. Usually its triggered in an accident of over 30 mph.

Canadian Boyz

What PITA!!! I had to inch by inch fiddle the mechanism til it released enough .. I had the back seats out to put in sound deadener for my audio build .. Seats are still out gonna put them back in tomorrow lets see how this particular belt reacts

AFSOCSGT

You have to hold up in the position that it is mounted, they also lock when vehicle rolls over.

zap

A wonderful safety device, but it doesn't always in a roll over where the brakes aren't touched. Had several friends thrown out that way...

SultanGris

several friends thrown out of rolled vehicles huh? haha! Sounds like you need to find different friends who know how to drive.

zap

Or Hays County, TX just needs to learn how to build banked roads so turns can be taken at posted speeds.

AFSOCSGT

I was gonna ask how may friends do you know that have rolled vehicles,

SultanGris

Haha! Must be lots of fatalities around there then. You would think they woulda figured it out after the first one or two, since they all friends and all, hehe!