944 seat belt problem

Domenick · 12-30-2008, 11:41 AM

Hi:

I have just purchased a nice 944 S2 cab. The car is in great shape. However I am puzzled over the seat belts. Both the driver side and the passenger side belts have a twist in them at the shoulder. I can not see behind the panel to see if it is twisted there, but from the way it retracts it does not seam to be. I can twist the belt around so that the twist is across my lap, but this is not right in my mind. Maybe this is how it is in this car. In my other cars the belt lays flat across my shoulder and lap.

Do the belts on your 944 lay flat across your shoulder and lap?

Thanks,
Domenick

curveto · 01-06-2009, 05:35 PM

Dunno if you're has any relationship to mine (the cars are quite different, I assume). Mine recently did just as you described when someone pushed the seat full forward (short driver). The belt rotated about the bottom mount. Doesn't look like it will/can but (in my case) it (clearly) did.

I still have to spend a few minutes reversing it,
JR

Domenick · 01-07-2009, 05:48 PM

JR

Thanks for the reply.

I tried unbolting the seat belt to the floor on the side of the seat and turning it around. This would have worked for me, but the part that bolts down has a bend in it which makes it look like it should only fit one way. That is the wrong way. When I get some time I will have to take the panel off that covers the seat belt reel to see if it has twisted there.

Dark Skies · 01-08-2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Domenick

JR

Thanks for the reply.

I tried unbolting the seat belt to the floor on the side of the seat and turning it around. This would have worked for me, but the part that bolts down has a bend in it which makes it look like it should only fit one way. That is the wrong way. When I get some time I will have to take the panel off that covers the seat belt reel to see if it has twisted there.

Why don't you just pull the belt out as far as it will go and then feed it slowly back in. If it slides easily through your fingers as it coils down it most likely isn't twisted behind the panel. In my experience the twist usually occurs just before the top loop bracket and then gets pulled through the wrong way on retraction (or vice versa). When that happens I just pull the belt out past the twist, right it and then pull it back through the loop - sometimes you have to fold it over and it can be tight to pull through but it always works.