There was a recent post (I can't remember who posted it) where the belt had improved its retraction after being washed. A cover on the driver's seat, a good soak in bucket of warm water with something suddy, a clothes peg to stop the belt retracting, then a rinse with clean water and drying with lots of kitchen roll paper is how I remember it.Hi, I've noticed the drivers seat belt returning painfully slow, though it's not tangled etc.
It also seems that it returns quickly and properly before the pulley/joint thingy, it's the actual pulley that's slowing it down. How can I speed it back up?
Beat me to it!Someone posted up about good results from washing it the other week. Something like, bucket of warm soapy water on the driver's seat, pull seatbelt to full extent, clamp off to stop return, allow what you can get in the bucket to soak for the morning and agitate to wash it, then dry off as much as possible and allow the rest of the day to dry fully. Apparently the moisture, grease, dirt etc. they soak up from years of use makes them expand and be more difficult to get through the top holder.
It is best to wash the belt with the soapy water ( oxy action and warm water ) and dry it afterwards. The polish and other sprays are very short lived and make the situation worse when more dirt and grease sticks to the belt. I jammed a rag into the slot in the trim where the belt retracts instead of a peg. This also stopped too much liquid getting down into the belt reel. Do not use washing up liquid after all the belt is fabric...
Additionally, my other half's car has somehow acquired a twist in the driver's seatbelt - not entirely sure how that has happened, but maybe opening everything up will provide an opportunity to get this sorted out as well.
no, it's still twisted! Additionally, owing to my other half tactically going shopping a number of times recently when the weather has been good enough to do car work I've not even managed to shampoo and vacuum the belt....Robin @Robin_Cox - Did you fix the twist in the belt? Mine's the same and I can't work out how it's got that way either!
It's a 180deg twist and the only way I can see to fix it would be to dismantle the spool assembly, detach the belt and re-fit, so I would be interested to know if/how you resolved.