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Post by niteeyes on Nov 19, 2004 13:21:24 GMT -3
Hi, My name is Mike and I'm new to this forum. This is the first time I've posted a message. I need some help... I removed the seats, center console, seatbelts, etc. of my 97 Wrangler so that I could apply a roll on bed liner. When I began to reassemble the Jeep, I discovered that the seatblets had retracted after I had removed them. I cannot get them to extend back to their original length which means I can't reinstall them! I called the service dept. of the dealership and explained the situation to them. They informed me that there was no way to re-extend the seatbelts and I would have to replace them. Of course after speaking with the parts dept. I discovered that the driver side belt alone is $138.00! Can anyone tell me if the info I received is indeed true and I have to replace the belts or does anyone have any suggestions? (No, replacing the belt with a good piece of rope just wont do. ) Thanks in advance.
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Post by DGranger on Nov 19, 2004 19:27:07 GMT -3
that doesn't seem right. mine are for sale though. front and back out of 2002. i have 4 point belts in now.
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Post by SPYDER on Nov 20, 2004 17:13:07 GMT -3
i removed my drivers side 2 imes now and never had a problem with it retracting and then not coming back out. that sounds like a bunch of BS to me.
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Post by nirres01 on Nov 20, 2004 18:55:03 GMT -3
I'm pretty sure they're similar to the rear ones. I took the rear ones out and they retracted. They took me a while to figure out but what i had to do was sit in a chair, hold the box with my feet and pull the belt. You don't have to pull hard if it doesn't come out they're at the wrong angle, try putting the box at different angles if it doesn't work first. I guess they make them like that for some reason. I remember reading something on jeepforum.com about why the angle matters. Hopefully it works.
Josh
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Post by niteeyes on Nov 21, 2004 0:51:29 GMT -3
Thanks for info, I'll try to fix the belts before spending the $$$ on new ones. On a related matter, I found info at this website about the gen 3 seatbelts which are used in Wranglers. I have not found anyplace that sells the gen 4 seatbelts for Wrangler. www.unsafebelts.comMike
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Post by niteeyes on Nov 23, 2004 10:22:34 GMT -3
I was able to get the seatbelts back in!!!! ;D Apparently the secret was to install the bottom portion of the seatbelt first. Once that was done, a couple of pulls on the belt released the mechanism and the belt extended. I was trying to reinstall them from the top down instead of the bottom up. Thanks again for all the suggestions. Mike
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Post by 1BadTJ on Nov 23, 2004 11:26:10 GMT -3
I was gonna suggest that.
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Post by slab42 on Nov 23, 2004 20:07:01 GMT -3
yeah, there are little "hangy" things inside, that when they are not hanging in the right position, lock the belts. this is so when you hit something, the inertia pulls keeps them moving forward, and the belts lock up. you just needed to have the spooling part(the bottom) in the correct position to allow the "hangy" things to hang in the unlocked position! that is why someone who went to paragon last april could not put his seatbelt on entering the river. he started down the river bank, at a steep angle, and realized that he forgot his seatbelt, but since he was stopped at a steep angle, the belts were locked, he had to descend into the river before he could put it on! moral of the story: don't listen to the dealers, most of them are just trying to screw you out of money!
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