Installing rear and front seat belts

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Post Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:08 pm

Hi All,

I took out my seat belts when the car was getting painted. I am trying to put them back, but the belts won’t come out of the houses as if the interns is locking all the time. Any clues how to pull the belts out. All four are different as well which I thought was odd.
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Post Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:34 pm

RTTBMW wrote:
Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:08 pm
Hi All,
I took out my seat belts when the car was getting painted. I am trying to put them back, but the belts won’t come out of the houses as if the interns is locking all the time. Any clues how to pull the belts out. All four are different as well which I thought was odd.
Why does iPads work better than pc’s for this website.
You need to get the belts bolted in, in the correct orientation that they were designed for, then SLOWLY pull the belt out. When fully retracted the spool is full and spins the centre too fast and locks. You need to SLOWLY pull out a foot or two and you will be fine. First couple of inches can be a pain.

Always used a PC on here, never had a problem other than when the site had problems. What problems are you having with a PC?
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Post Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:42 pm

Pc at work and home don’t like this website. I’m wondering is the DNS settings for the webiste an issue.

I’ll try the belts tomorrow thanks.
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Post Sun Jun 28, 2026 10:31 am

RTTBMW wrote:
Sat Jun 27, 2026 5:42 pm
Pc at work and home don’t like this website. I’m wondering is the DNS settings for the webiste an issue.
Strange, I can get on here and log in on a few different PCs and locations. Have you tried the usual things of deleting history and site cookies etc etc

Maybe ping Steve or Mart a pm to see if he can look at your account

Hope you get the belts out ok :thumb: