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I’ve got a few JK wranglers here in the Caribbean. The salt air and salty wet bathing suits from guests do a lot to my entire interior. One issue I’m battling is the seatbelts.
Now I’ve taken apart all the seatbelts and have learned so much, however I’m wondering if there’s a place that anyone knows of that I can send these belts off to to get rebuilt?
Incase anyone has issues with seatbelts I can share some light.
first there is the metal ball that you can read about in any thread and can be the first thing you check to make sure you don’t have mud or debris in there that the ball is sitting on which would raise the plastic “stopper”
now if you take that plastic cover off to access the metal ball chances are you need to reset the gears by spinning the hex. If you look through the window you will notice a blue half circle along the outer edge that moves as you spin the hex from inside (I did this with a small screwdriver) . On the side where you’re spinning the hex you’ll notice an exposed black pin. As you move the hex you want to position the blue half circle that’s seen through the window to end where the black spring loaded pin is. That will allow the seat belt to spin freely without getting stuck as you extract the belt to fasten.
Now if your belt is jammed and both of those are squared away there is a third area that jams belts as you pull slack. If you can unwind your belt all the way out so you can see the metal core that the belt wraps around you’ll notice metal slotted tabs on the sidethat move outward and jam into slotted teeth in on the frame of the seatbelt housing. In my case these have been corroded and sticky and do not like to move freely to lay back down. I’ve taken some penetrant lubricant and a pick and scraped corrosion off and moved these back and forth, however they are sticky, but have gotten me through the days to where I am now....trying to find somewhere I can send these to rebuild
Hopefully this helps someone else chasing belt issues, but if anyone knows where I can find good replacements or a place to send mine off for refurbish please drop a comment . Thanks !
Now I’ve taken apart all the seatbelts and have learned so much, however I’m wondering if there’s a place that anyone knows of that I can send these belts off to to get rebuilt?
Incase anyone has issues with seatbelts I can share some light.
first there is the metal ball that you can read about in any thread and can be the first thing you check to make sure you don’t have mud or debris in there that the ball is sitting on which would raise the plastic “stopper”
now if you take that plastic cover off to access the metal ball chances are you need to reset the gears by spinning the hex. If you look through the window you will notice a blue half circle along the outer edge that moves as you spin the hex from inside (I did this with a small screwdriver) . On the side where you’re spinning the hex you’ll notice an exposed black pin. As you move the hex you want to position the blue half circle that’s seen through the window to end where the black spring loaded pin is. That will allow the seat belt to spin freely without getting stuck as you extract the belt to fasten.
Now if your belt is jammed and both of those are squared away there is a third area that jams belts as you pull slack. If you can unwind your belt all the way out so you can see the metal core that the belt wraps around you’ll notice metal slotted tabs on the sidethat move outward and jam into slotted teeth in on the frame of the seatbelt housing. In my case these have been corroded and sticky and do not like to move freely to lay back down. I’ve taken some penetrant lubricant and a pick and scraped corrosion off and moved these back and forth, however they are sticky, but have gotten me through the days to where I am now....trying to find somewhere I can send these to rebuild
Hopefully this helps someone else chasing belt issues, but if anyone knows where I can find good replacements or a place to send mine off for refurbish please drop a comment . Thanks !
