dam seat belts!

[SMOKEDYA]

Ok guys what have you done to fix your front fox body seat belts? When i buckle it and take it off it dosent retract so every single time i gotta feed it back up! UGH peace


john

 

[87WhiteStang1]

i know with mine it will do the same thing but once you open the door it retracts it...

 

[SMOKEDYA]

mine wont even retract when you open the door! peace


john

 

[87WhiteStang1]

thats odd...does it happen on both drivers and passenger side?

 

[NIKwoaC]

You have to tug it out about an inch, then it should retract back into place. If its not doing that, its time to replace the internals.

 

[Saleen0679]

Have you tried slowly pulling all of the seat belt out and letting the retractor pull the belt back in? It gives the belt a clean rewind and you can see if there are any twists in the belt that are getting wound up.

 

[SMOKEDYA]

yes it happens on both sides but the drivers side is worst.it dosent retract period unless i make it go back in.i'll try pulling it all the way out and see if that helps? can you still buy new seats belts? peace


john

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

My 96 Cobra does that too with only 54K on it....actually it did that at 30K when I bought it. EVERY SINGLE MUSTANG I SEE THROUGH THE YARD HAS THIS PROBLEM!!! It is very annoying.

Mustang Parts & Accessories - 50resto has fox body seatbelts new for over 300 bucks....wow.

 

[mikemac58]

Seat Belts Not Retracting, But Will They Still Lock In A Crash?

Other than being a PITA, does not retracting impact the front seat belts ability to "lock up" in a crash?

 

[beyondspexj]

i would think so, not retracting leaves them loose enough for you to move around in an accident. mine is like that as well. tug on the driver side and it goes back in, but the passenger side is worse.

 

[FIRST FOX]

The seatbelts on my 85 wouldn't retract either. I took them out and wound the springs tighter to help them retract. I wound the springs just tight enough to still be able to pull the seatbelt and lock/click it. Be very, very careful if you try this. This didn't fix the problem completely but they are much better. I also removed the plunger in the door jamb which has a cable connected to it. The cable runs to the seatbelt and is supposed to help the seatbelt retract when you open the door. As far as locking in a quick stop, my 85 had small weights that swing forward locking the seatbelt when the car comes to a quick stop.

 

[pudman]

my '86 vert had the same problem. Front and even more so the rear belts. Had an '85 cougar with the same problem. I now have a '98 escort... and guess what? Must be a Ford thing. Solved the problem in the stang with a 5 point Deist harness

 

[Shaolin Crane]

5 Point harnesses /thread

 

[Mustang5L5]

First i've heard of this prob.

 

[mr_josh]

It's not just Foxes, in my experience it's every car from the '80s that's got those seat belt retractors that to their thing when you open the door. Lots of GM cars I've come across have the same problem. Just be glad you don't have motorized belts like my Tbird.

 

[srtthis]

5 Point harnesses /thread

qft

 

[Icecold]

If its not doing that, its time to replace the internals.

Correct...time to replace them.

Check with Latemodel Restoration Supply, they have good prices for replacement parts.

 

[281pony]

just sold my last set of front belts today john or i could have hooked you up for alot cheaper then $300. when i got those from the junkyard they didn't seem lazy. they did start getting a bit slow to retract though when those seats came in the picture. i think the angle it put the belts at was the straw that broke the camels back.

nevermind, just read the original post date of this.. someone did some digging to bring this back?