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- čas přidán 25. 09. 2018
- Is your seat belt stuck (will not pull out), watch this video to see how to unstick a seat belt. It is an easy fix when you know how to fix a stuck seat belt. Seat belts and airbags save lives; don't go without them. A stuck seat belt is an easy repair anyone can do. Take a look at the video and fix the seat belt that is stuck. Take a look at the website for more information you need
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Skip to 2:45 mark because nothing before that is helpful. (Your welcome)
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hang on, that ball and lcok is the rollover seatbelt lock, that couldnt be the problem for many people.
I opened it up after watching your video, and learned the mechanism fully.
The ball bearing bit is gravity operated, so it must be a rollover seatbelt lock.
The palstic components do not actually lock the seatbelt, but rather, they initiate the rotation of a plastic cam like gear which rotates respective to the seatbelt holder drum. when it rotates away from its cam centered position, it pushed a metal locking gear out into the frame to lock it up. so the rollover mechanism, and the speed activated centrifugal lock mechanism, both act on this plastic gear cam thing.
There are 2 springs involved; one to operate the centrifugal weight in the plastic cam gear, and one to hold the cam gear at a predetermined force . THat predetermined force needs to be countered by the centrifugal weight or the little metal locking tooth weight, which ahs to fight against the bigger spring which is trying to center the cam lock to hold the metal locking pin in place.
That spring would wear out a bit, and when it does, the locking cam will start finding itself easier to move into locked position than unlocked, so that bigger spring of the 2, is the main culprit that yourseatbelt ill lock up too much. YOu have to be careful to do this, but i jsut tweaked mine a bit till it was just perfect, then i went to far, and it wouldnt lock at alll, so i cut a bit off the spring, now its perfect.
Glenn, Thank you for this video. I have 2004 Honda Element and the rear seat belt was stuck. Now mine was not quite like yours but mechanically it was very close. I opened the side similar to yours and sure enough it had this metal like ball but not really a ball doing the same thing. Knocked out the plastic tabs un-clipped the ball like sphere retracted the belt liked needed reassembled and then put it back on my car and works like a charm. Now I wished I'd watched this video before going to the salvage yard and wasting 55 bucks and 45 minutes of my life waiting for some guy to pull it off. 😢. But Muchos Gratts my friend I appreciate a great video such as the one you made here.
Thank you. I rented a van and took the back seats with the seat belt. The seat belt was locked when i was returning the seats. Your vid helped me avoid a disaster with the rental company.
Thank you my 02 focus wagon I took the the interior apart and the two rear side belts are locked; can't wait to try this. I thought I had to buy new belts which would stinck because they work great, they just retracted too far. I will update if the video helps.
This information is wrong. You have reversed the red part when you reinstalled it, thereby disabling it inadvertently. The comment by Siskia is correct. The purpose of the ball bearing is to make the white lever lock in case of sudden deceleration or if the car is no longer upright, as in a roll-over. When you reinstall the seat belt in the correct orientation in the car the ball bearing will move to allow the white lever to drop away from the teeth of the cog by gravity alone.
Okay but re installing it in the “correct position” did absolutely nothing for me, and it seems to be helping other people. So what’s the problem.
@@Myxomycete He may not have the answer to fix it, but the information he provided was well enough to say what not to do. You dont want to fix it by disabling the seat belt, which it seems like he did in the video
SO HELPFUL!! worked like magic! Thanks so much for the informative video! Made my day soooooo much time easier!! Keep doing what you’re doing!🙌🙌
Great to hear!
Wear eye / face protection.
Might be a mention that the cover to be taken off is the side where you can see the square of plastic.. blue in this example, White or other colors in other belt systems.
Reason to mention this is that the other side cover is over a coiled spring - as you said, Thank you.
If this spring cover is taken off the spring can really release with force. Best to avoid this - and always wear face / eye protection just in case.
Ta for video.
Thanks! Excellent communication and easy to see what your doing.
Thanks for the kind video, this saved the day.
Mi seat belt mechanism was different; but the problem was the same , thanks for share the video, very useful 👍
Thanks for making this video. I learned something new today and it saved me buying a new one! There was a tiny bit of glass stuck inside the gear housing which caused it to lock.. fell in there after my window shattered!
Glad it helped!
Exactly the instructions I needed to fix rear seat belt in '01 BMW 740i. Thank you!
what I learned from this video is that the seatbelt (mine included) wasn't actually jammed. All you need to do is orientate the mechanism to the installed position (upright) and the ball bearing automatically falls into the correct position and the seatbelt moves freely
Thanks this comment saved me from watching this 10 minute video. Thanks!
@@luisbuenrrostro4529 I'm guessing you thought you had a defective seatbelt?
@@DjJDtech yes but once i placed it upright the seatbelt worked like it should.
Also agree.
@@luisbuenrrostro4529 i DONT understand what you mean by upright
Mine is stuck and it won’t roll out enough to do anything
Thank you ever so much. Exactly as per video Instructions. I easily fixed my seatbelt.
Superb indeed.
Glad it helped
Thank you sir! Saved my day!!!
Seat belt developer here (actually this seat belt is supplies by the company I'm working at).
You put the red thing back in the wrong way, that's why the seat belt does not lock up. It's not due to the clip.
But this state is really dangerous! The red system locks your seat belt in an accident when the car heavily decelerates or tilts. The way you put it back in it doesn't work anymore.
If you like to pull out the webbing you have to find the position how it's mounted in the car. Then the white lever will go down and frees the webbing
It dose work correctly, as most people know if you pull a seat belt to fast it will lock up (easy to check). But as I state in the video the cost of a new seat belt dose not equal a life. If there is any doubt buy a new seat belt.
Glad I saw your comment. My seat belt is off the car and was orientated upside down so was doing what it was designed to do! Big thanks to you and Ted Steizner below.
@@andyb4417 I second this. I removed my seatbelt unit from my car only to have it lock up.
I didn't need to do the instructions in this video.
If I had just put the seatbelt unit back in the car, it would have been oriented correctly and make the tensor ball release/unlock.
@@Glennfix that is a secondary locking system added to comfort users.
Thank you very much for the video. It helped me release my wrangler seatbelts.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Great to hear!
thank you very much for this video! solved my problem on ´98 e36 coupe
Thank you 👍👍👍👍
Thank you for your help. Mine had plastic nail things that I had to push out.
You're welcome!!
Thanks for the video. Unfortunately my belt had somehow got stuck into the turning mechanism so I've bought a second hand one
Thanks for the video. It helped me fix my seatbelt perfectly. Great Video
Great to hear!
@@Glennfixyou don’t really tell us what exactly you need to do to fix it, do you just disassemble and reassemble?
Worked like a charm ! Thankyou!!!
You're welcome!
Thanks for the video I am going to try this out on my 2010 Tundra.
let me know if it works.
This could easily be a 40 second video
It’s true it happened to my 2011 Jeep Compass it’s the center seat that’s jammed. It’s all the way to the buckle part there’s no give
Yeah. I made the mistake taking the wrong side off... Cant seem to find another one for the life of me for my 2017 Ford escape... You have any links to where I can buy a new one for it? Its the driver side front.
Great video, 1999 Ford falcon. Thanks heaps
This was a massive help, the seatbelt had gone in too far in 👍
Glad it helped
My 2015 Kia Soul has this problem with the front passenger seat belt. The dealership wants $500 to replace the entire assembly. I guess any passengers will have to ride in the back until I figure this out. Jeez, $500!
This video is clear, concise, and gets straight to the problem and solution.
Thanks
@@Glennfix sure, you did a good job. Long winded, rambling instructional videos lose the attention of the viewers. Your video has none of those communication errors.
Thank you for this helpful hack.I have a 2005 dodge neon sxt.and no matter how hard I try I can not retract the drivers side seat belt enough to use it.Will this work in my car seat belt.??
it should
Thanks for the vid, just wished you actually showed removing those clips on the back but more informative then any of these other vids.
Thanks !!!
You're welcome!
thanks...saved me some trouble and $$$$$$
Glad you liked it!
ive got polo and my drivin seatbelt stuck when heat start outside and cold weathers is fine ,i dont know why this happen ,
easy. like sunday mornin
Looks like to me that you reinstalled the pink rachet clip with the ball bearing the wrong way around. Before you removed in the white rachet lock was facing to the right, when you reassembled it was pointing to the left.
OMG you are correct, how did i not notice this, no wonder the seat belt doesnt lock, it cant anymore !
I did it without taking it apart by using a strong magnet.
Thank you! I did the exact same. My car was very different to this, and I couldn't work out how to actually get it OFF. So I used an old Neodymium magnet and it worked.
So, no place to pry a screwdriver, to release it, while still mounted in the vehicle? We put furniture in the back seat the other day, and pulled the seatbelt to the side. Now it won't retract. But probably just because the belt can't retract back in enough, to release it? Not sure that's even quite like mine. Mine has small white plastic covers on each side.
I extracted a working seatbelt assembly from a junk car to swap into my 2007 Saab 9-3. Removal on site was flawless but upon inspecting piece, the belt sucked itself into the spool before I could stop it and now the entire thing is inside the spool! Is this video the correct solution?
This is a BMW, I am not sure if Saab is the same. If it was working before you should be able to fix it. After you get it back out you can test it buy pulling on it fast, it should lock up. All seat belt (in that year range) work using the same principal.
In my car the buckle release button once engaged does not unlock the belt easily and I fear being strapped to the seat. Last night I somehow managed to release myself but the spring seems to have gone soft and I am scared of using it again. Any idea how to fix that please? It's a problem at the other end, so to speak. I hope you know what I mean.
It sounds like it's wore out. If you have any doubt, the seat belt should be replaced. If you get in an accident and someone needs to get you out, they may not be able to.
@@Glennfix forget an accident, I might stay strapped to the seat forever after reaching office :) Sprayed WD40. Looks like it worked.
mine has the electric cable going through the seat belt. its an ambulance vehicle. do u think its releases via a botton or something
I am not sure.
I took out the spring side and it tried to kill me, but can’t find the seatbelt anywhere, so i spent 4 hours putting it back, my fingers never hurted that much
What if its in the car, impossible to reach behind the seat, and you do not have such luxuries. Many sports cars are like this, with carbon seats that barely move or older sports cars with 2-3" total room to operate with seat all the way forward?
Most cars you have to remove the seat belt
ERRG, I do not have the tools or the skills to remove anything form anything. i need a fix that doesn't involve being a mechanic.
Will this work on a 2010 Chevy cobalt its an auction car airbags didn't deploy
I don't know
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couldn't you just leave the ball bearing stopper in the assembly and use a screwdriver to lift the stopper?
You could try, I found this way works for me but if you can say a step go for it.
WHAT?? OK look....I'm currently doing this after going to LKQ to buy new belts. I didn't know u shouldn't let it retract too much. So im following this....and u put the ball unit back in, but u didn't show how because the ball is what the issue is. So explain how it fixes the issue if u put it back in. Is the ball supposed to be turned different? Take the ball out all together?
The ball is what locks the seat belt in a accident. You only remove the ball to let the seat belt back out. Then put it back in. If you did not put the ball back in it would not work. If you where in a accident nothing would lock the belt.
@@Glennfix I removed the 13 mm ball and replaced it with a 1/2 inch ball and the problem was solved.
I took off the thing with the ball and the belt wouldn’t slide out, was still stuck?
Any suggestions from anyone?
Seat belts save lives. If you tried this and it still does not work I would get a new one. Better safe then sorry.
Yea I got my ball out and got it freed up but as soon as I put the ball back in it is still locked
My ball was slightly too big. 13+ mm. I replaced it with a 1/2 inch ball and that fixed the problem.
Thanks to your video I realised I was holding the seatbelts the wrong way so it couldn't release, xd
Glad I could help!
I'm a bit concerned that other video clips that claims to fix this problem here completely remove the lock up mechanism that prevents the seat belt to lock up in an accident.
Seat belts save lives. I would never alter the design of a seat belt.
As others have commented: the seatbelt unit will lock itself if you fail to orient the unit as it was originally positioned in the car.
This can create confusion when working on the unit as if you follow these steps, the unit can lock if you don't hold the unit EXACTLY at the angle it came out of the car.
The tensor ball is designed to sit in its well and if the car is tilted beyoung a certain point, the ball will push on the plastic, locking the mechanism.
Easy fix, watch the video
Had this problem - removed the ball bearing and lever - seat belt locks up fine if an accident occurs - it seems the only thing this little contraption does is stop you moving freely and jam things up! Rack it off! 😎
there are 2 locking systems in the seatbelt, the first is the ball that locks the seatbelt in an accident, the second is a locking system that reasures users when they pull on their seatbelt quickly.
Too many skips ahead where it's not shown how to do it. Put the camera down so you can show us please
The only reason I gave it a thumbs down is my seat belt isn't sitting out to turn over, etc. Otherwise I suppose it's a good video.
First off all seat belts are not the same summer activated via the and for the first 2 minutes 50 seconds you kept repeating the same thing I couldn't even finish the video
Informative but he talks way too much about other things. A 10 minute video which should be 3 minutes long.
Bruh. Get to the point.
Mazda set belt is rubbish
Seat belt comes loose from the receiver
Easy fix?! Lol I’m going to have to disagree with easy.
Get to the point papa
Terrible cheap design with no ability to correct without this amount of effort.
I'm 3 and 1/2 mins into this video he hasn't shown how to fix it yet. All that bull should be deleted. And OMG now I have to watch a commercial before I get to the next 10 mins???!
You talk to much get to the point of the video and end it.
You talk to much
Please read @DjJDtech comment before dismantling anything ! mine just had to be put up straight !
Thanks!
Welcome!