Tegger wrote:
> Nasty <Nastymychain@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in
> news:47140dcf$0$20588$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
>
>> Tegger wrote:
>>> Nasty <Nastymychain@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in news:4713f364$0$19575
>>> $4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
>>>
>>>> Here's an oddball question.
>>>>
>>>> My '00 Accord EX's drivers side seatbelt is a PIA. After unbuckling
>>>> it won't rewind because it is folded over at the restraint on the
>>>> door pillar. The retractor mechanism works fine. This has been a
>>>> minor annoyance all along. Today it just jerked my chain.
>>>>
>>>> When I unfold the belt it retracts. It's just an aggravation. Is
>>>> this common? Can it be 'fixed'?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When you feed the belt all the way back in properly, is the buckle
>>> facing towards the middle of the car or towards the door panel?
>>>
>> Toward the middle of the car.
>>
>
>
>
> So...
>
> If I understand this correctly, the belt experiences NO twist between
> pillar mount and buckle? Correct?

Not correct, exactly.

>
> If so, I'm having trouble following how it gets twisted. How are you doing
> it up?
>

If I unbuckle and just drop the belt it won't rewind. The belt has a 90
degree fold between the pillar mount and the buckle just below the
pillar mount jamming the belt from feeding through the pillar mount.

Put differently, the belt comes up from the rewind mechanism, through
the pillar mount, folds over itself as if pulled toward the middle of
the car then toward the front, creating the 90 degree fold. (If you're
as confused as this sounds I'll post a picture tomorrow.)

Hmmmm, describing it makes me wonder if the pillar mount is not
swiveling freely toward the front when I put the belt on...