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**tkeduk8r** · 09-16-2005, 11:23 AM

hey you all... found a set of S10 seatbelts and i cant seem to feigure out how to remove the retractor mechanism from the cab floor bottom... how have those of you that have removed them before done this... i can get the female buckle out easy (torx bit) but please fill me in ont he rest... the help is much appreciated...
--Mike

**tkeduk8r** · 09-16-2005, 06:57 PM

i gota believe someone has taken these out b4, not to be panicky, but im going back to the yard tomorrow and these seatbelts are black and mint... but i looked at them yesterday and i cant find the top of the bolt that goes through the floor... i did take off the female buckles and that was a metric torx bolt, but i dont see the head of a bolt/screw underneath the retractor mechanisms...help pleeeeeeeeze!!!!

--Mike

*72CSTC5* · 09-16-2005, 07:09 PM

Hey what year truck do you think you are looking at and I will email you some schematics of how to remove them. I work for a chevrolet dealer.

**john** · 09-16-2005, 07:58 PM

If they are the mid 80's style if I remember right the bolt is under the carpet on the outside. John

**tkeduk8r** · 09-16-2005, 08:21 PM

they are both 87's black interiors and pretty nice... when i looked under the truck i could swear that the bolts are directly under the retracor mechanism.. at first i thought that there was a factory nut under the cab, but nope its round and is part of the reinforcement plate welded to the cab floor... wish i had pics guys but didnt have the camera with thursday... schematics will always help...
--Mike

jay_shy · 09-16-2005, 08:47 PM

Here is a picture of the drivers side I got out of an s10 (couldn't tell you what year).

I am going to install these in my truck if I ever get my rear end in gear.

Hope this helps
Jason

JimKshortstep4x4 · 09-16-2005, 09:00 PM

On the 93 S-10 that I pulled my belts out of the single torx head bolt that holds each retractable belt in was under the step plate. Removing the step plates made easy access to the bolts.

Jim

*72CSTC5* · 09-17-2005, 01:01 AM

Our service manual on the web does not go back that far to 1987, it starts in 1998. Sorry I could not be of help

**tkeduk8r** · 09-17-2005, 10:25 PM

well i did get one set out today.. thanks for the info!!!...the other set was not so freindly, so i am going ot ask if i can cut the floor to get the retractor part out... minnesota rust got tot the two bottom bolts and they stripped out.. bummer, but nothing a hole saw and sawzall wont fix!!!!... thanks again
--Mike

09-16-2005, 11:23 AM	#1
tkeduk8r Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Alexandria, MN Posts: 1,462	s10 seat belts, how to remove???? hey you all... found a set of S10 seatbelts and i cant seem to feigure out how to remove the retractor mechanism from the cab floor bottom... how have those of you that have removed them before done this... i can get the female buckle out easy (torx bit) but please fill me in ont he rest... the help is much appreciated... --Mike __________________ 63 C20 2WD, 230/SM420/4.11 73K 68 C30 dump truck, 327,SM425,4.56 66K original 68 C10 2WD SWB Stepper, 250/3-tree/3.73 66K.... Wifes 68 Buick Skylark Custom Conv., 350/TH400/2.56 In our family since '79 69 GMC 1500 SWB 2WD, 350/TH350/3.73 posi... 70 K10 SWB 4X4 4-sp,ps, pb, tilt, buckets, console, sliding back window (Need AC parts) WIP 72 Chevy K20 4x4 350/350/205/4.56 donor 72 Vette 350/M21/3.70 posi, triple black and super fast 84 Olds Cutlass Brougham 350/2004r/4.11 was Dad's

09-16-2005, 06:57 PM	#2
tkeduk8r Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Alexandria, MN Posts: 1,462	i gota believe someone has taken these out b4, not to be panicky, but im going back to the yard tomorrow and these seatbelts are black and mint... but i looked at them yesterday and i cant find the top of the bolt that goes through the floor... i did take off the female buckles and that was a metric torx bolt, but i dont see the head of a bolt/screw underneath the retractor mechanisms...help pleeeeeeeeze!!!! --Mike __________________ 63 C20 2WD, 230/SM420/4.11 73K 68 C30 dump truck, 327,SM425,4.56 66K original 68 C10 2WD SWB Stepper, 250/3-tree/3.73 66K.... Wifes 68 Buick Skylark Custom Conv., 350/TH400/2.56 In our family since '79 69 GMC 1500 SWB 2WD, 350/TH350/3.73 posi... 70 K10 SWB 4X4 4-sp,ps, pb, tilt, buckets, console, sliding back window (Need AC parts) WIP 72 Chevy K20 4x4 350/350/205/4.56 donor 72 Vette 350/M21/3.70 posi, triple black and super fast 84 Olds Cutlass Brougham 350/2004r/4.11 was Dad's

09-16-2005, 07:58 PM	#4
john member #16 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Yuba City Ca. Posts: 3,618	If they are the mid 80's style if I remember right the bolt is under the carpet on the outside. John __________________ john http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showgroups.php board vendors http://www.flickr.com/photos/1745471...7602865984234/

09-16-2005, 08:21 PM	#5
tkeduk8r Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Alexandria, MN Posts: 1,462	they are both 87's black interiors and pretty nice... when i looked under the truck i could swear that the bolts are directly under the retracor mechanism.. at first i thought that there was a factory nut under the cab, but nope its round and is part of the reinforcement plate welded to the cab floor... wish i had pics guys but didnt have the camera with thursday... schematics will always help... --Mike __________________ 63 C20 2WD, 230/SM420/4.11 73K 68 C30 dump truck, 327,SM425,4.56 66K original 68 C10 2WD SWB Stepper, 250/3-tree/3.73 66K.... Wifes 68 Buick Skylark Custom Conv., 350/TH400/2.56 In our family since '79 69 GMC 1500 SWB 2WD, 350/TH350/3.73 posi... 70 K10 SWB 4X4 4-sp,ps, pb, tilt, buckets, console, sliding back window (Need AC parts) WIP 72 Chevy K20 4x4 350/350/205/4.56 donor 72 Vette 350/M21/3.70 posi, triple black and super fast 84 Olds Cutlass Brougham 350/2004r/4.11 was Dad's

09-16-2005, 08:47 PM	#6
jay_shy SWB 4X4 CLUB Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 1,088	s10 belts Here is a picture of the drivers side I got out of an s10 (couldn't tell you what year). I am going to install these in my truck if I ever get my rear end in gear. Hope this helps Jason Attached Images Last edited by jay_shy; 09-16-2005 at 08:48 PM.

09-16-2005, 07:09 PM	#3
72CSTC5 Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Deer Park, Tx. Posts: 2,522	Hey what year truck do you think you are looking at and I will email you some schematics of how to remove them. I work for a chevrolet dealer.

09-16-2005, 09:00 PM	#7
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	On the 93 S-10 that I pulled my belts out of the single torx head bolt that holds each retractable belt in was under the step plate. Removing the step plates made easy access to the bolts. Jim

09-17-2005, 01:01 AM	#8
72CSTC5 Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Deer Park, Tx. Posts: 2,522	Our service manual on the web does not go back that far to 1987, it starts in 1998. Sorry I could not be of help

09-17-2005, 10:25 PM	#9
tkeduk8r Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Alexandria, MN Posts: 1,462	well i did get one set out today.. thanks for the info!!!...the other set was not so freindly, so i am going ot ask if i can cut the floor to get the retractor part out... minnesota rust got tot the two bottom bolts and they stripped out.. bummer, but nothing a hole saw and sawzall wont fix!!!!... thanks again --Mike __________________ 63 C20 2WD, 230/SM420/4.11 73K 68 C30 dump truck, 327,SM425,4.56 66K original 68 C10 2WD SWB Stepper, 250/3-tree/3.73 66K.... Wifes 68 Buick Skylark Custom Conv., 350/TH400/2.56 In our family since '79 69 GMC 1500 SWB 2WD, 350/TH350/3.73 posi... 70 K10 SWB 4X4 4-sp,ps, pb, tilt, buckets, console, sliding back window (Need AC parts) WIP 72 Chevy K20 4x4 350/350/205/4.56 donor 72 Vette 350/M21/3.70 posi, triple black and super fast 84 Olds Cutlass Brougham 350/2004r/4.11 was Dad's



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