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Subject:seat belt retraction
From:Richard A Jones
Date:Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:10:09 -0600

'87 Syncro Westy.  The driver side seatbelt needs help
to retract.  I popped off the cover and inspected.  It is
not very dirty.  But what I did see is that the belt winds
to one side and I think it is that rubbing that makes
the retraction so slow.

Oh, I'll angle the belt windup mechanism slightly to make
up for the slight angle off perpendicular that the belt
path takes.  Well, no, the whole thing has a pin plus the
big bolt, so there is no adjustment.

Any experience with this?  Ideas?  There is a reasonable
amount of spring-i-ness if the belt just wound in the
center and didn't rub on the side.

I think.

Richard

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