Nasty <Nastymychain@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in
news:471422f1$0$19650$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:

>>
>
> 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.)


That would help.

When these belts come from the factory, there are no folds in them
anywhere. If yours twists 90 degrees, then it's been folded over at some
point, and somebody then tried to fix it by simply turning the buckle
around. There may be another fold hidden inside.

Pull the belt out ALL the way and see if you can arrange to remove the
fold(s). I think once you determine if there are any other folds and
remove them, you may find you need to turn the buckle around again.


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


Could be. But I've never seen one that didn't swivel unless it had been
taken apart at some point and reassembled incorrectly.

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