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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Richie London on 25 October 2008, 23:59:05

Title: seat belts
Post by: Richie London on 25 October 2008, 23:59:05
my seat belt sems to retract very slow, any ideas how i take the cover off to get to the mechanism

cheers
Title: Re: seat belts
Post by: Ian_D on 26 October 2008, 09:47:47
You need to remove the plastic trim where the seat belt goes into the side of the car.

The lower plastic bit just pulls straight off.

To remove the upper trim, first remove the alarm sensor, and then remove the screw which is behind that. There’s also two screws at the bottom of the trim too. You will need a torx bit to remove the screws.

You will be able to see the seatbelt mechanism then  :y

I’m guessing you then need to unbolt the seatbelt from the seat and car, should be easy. Go practice on a scrappy at the scrap yard!  ;D
Title: Re: seat belts
Post by: Andy B on 26 October 2008, 10:56:30
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my seat belt sems to retract very slow, any ideas how i take the cover off to get to the mechanism

cheers

BE CAREFULL if you start taking spring covers off.
I know that the big coil spring that retracts the front belt in a Cortina fills the rear foot well when it makes a bid for freedom ...... apparently!!! ::)  ::)  :y :y
Title: Re: seat belts
Post by: Ian_D on 26 October 2008, 11:59:54
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my seat belt sems to retract very slow, any ideas how i take the cover off to get to the mechanism

cheers

BE CAREFULL if you start taking spring covers off.
I know that the big coil spring that retracts the front belt in a Cortina fills the rear foot well when it makes a bid for freedom ...... apparently!!! ::)  ::)  :y :y

Haha.. when me and a mate built a go-kart at school, the teacher asked him to remove a cover on the seatbelt... Which he did, however he removed the WORNG side! LMAO!! You should have seen his face! he just chucked it away from himself, jumped backwards, and looked like he had seen a ghost!!  ;D

Seriously though, them springs are like flying stanley knife blades!  :-[
Title: Re: seat belts
Post by: Richie London on 26 October 2008, 13:00:23
i think i'll let it return back in a bit slow then, and its pisssssing down here still so cant venture out yet  ;D ;D ;D