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MGB 77 MGB Seat Belt Problem

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kyreb1862

kyreb1862

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While I was cleaning up "Molly" today I retracted the seat belts and now neither one will pull back out. What do I do now? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Did you disconnect them from the body? If they're Kangols, the part in which it winds must be level.
 
No, they have never been disconnected from the body. I had been actually using the driver side belt. This evening I had been cleaning car when I let the belt retract. The Passenger belt was already retracted and neither it nor the driver side belt will pull back out. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Somehow they've been destabilized.
 
What can I do to make them right again? Ideas please. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
There was a recall on these belts back in the mid '80s due to this problem. I do not know if there is any recourse at this late date...and I don't even know who the correct paty to contact would be now. (I exchanged mine through Jaguar Cars, LTD about 1987.) I believe the recall covered MGs and other BL products manufactured 1977 through 1980.

You might be able to do a websearch to see if your belts would still be covered and through who.
 
Hey John,
As Tony said they must be level to work. You might try loosening the attachment bolt and try a new angle on the belt. If it works at the new angle tighten it up there.
Rick
 
If you can reach behind the unit and manual retract it a little bit, it may let loose. Mine lock up all the time.
 
Finally discovered a solution to my seat belt problem. This sounds a little weird but, I simply took the belts loose and switched sides with them. Now they work. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
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