Anyone ever fix a seatbelt? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**WestButteTruck** · 07-17-2009, 06:48 PM

I have the female end that you'd normally put the buckle into and for some reason, it won't latch. Button seems to work without issue. I thought maybe something was just stuck inside, so I sprayed some WD40 into it and worked it a little, but it still wont latch. Is there some way to see what happened inside, or is it just toast. I'm sure I can eventually run across another one, but just in case it might be able to be fixed I'd give it a try. These are fairly simple gadgets arent they?

babyJay · 07-17-2009, 06:56 PM

I had one that wouldn't latch one time also. Upon closer inspection I noticed that one of my kids had inserted a penny into the slot. Did you check it for foriegn objects?

**WestButteTruck** · 07-17-2009, 08:53 PM

I will try and look into that next. It seems as though something may be partially blocking full insertion of the buckle. Do these really just stop working?

pig rig · 07-17-2009, 10:12 PM

I just fixed one this morning I'd been fighting it for a few months and last night was the last straw I drove to the store with my belt tucked under my butt

I looked in it this morning and it was full of invoices and other paper parts so I spent about half hour digging it out with twizzers and it works like a dream

now I need to break the habbit of throwing every thing in the front seat with me

**WestButteTruck** · 07-19-2009, 11:36 PM

Well, you two were spot on. There was something in there blocking it from full insert. I pulled out 2 big chunks of seat material. The old seat was almost falling apart. This belt has not worked since I got the truck, which was just a year ago. Took them out and what do you know.....works like new, thanks.

**old Rusty C10** · 07-20-2009, 08:37 AM

glad it was a simple fix... i changed seatbelts in my 82 which were installed with the torx style bolts. The truck is from the north east so its pretty rusty so it took alot of work with a grinder to get a socket to fit on the bolt to get it out as the torx heads promptly stripped out.. it can be a bear of a job particularly in hot weather

07-17-2009, 06:48 PM	#1
WestButteTruck Kung Fu Master Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 547	Anyone ever fix a seatbelt? I have the female end that you'd normally put the buckle into and for some reason, it won't latch. Button seems to work without issue. I thought maybe something was just stuck inside, so I sprayed some WD40 into it and worked it a little, but it still wont latch. Is there some way to see what happened inside, or is it just toast. I'm sure I can eventually run across another one, but just in case it might be able to be fixed I'd give it a try. These are fairly simple gadgets arent they? __________________ 72 GMC SuperCustom 4x4 1972 Chevrolet Cheyenne Super 4x4

07-17-2009, 06:56 PM	#2
babyJay Arrived on a Pale Horse Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SnagTown Indiana Posts: 2,524	Re: Anyone ever fix a seatbelt? I had one that wouldn't latch one time also. Upon closer inspection I noticed that one of my kids had inserted a penny into the slot. Did you check it for foriegn objects? __________________ Jason 87 V30 350TBI/400 White w/Boss V-plow 89 R3500 CC SRW Last edited by babyJay; 07-17-2009 at 06:56 PM.

07-17-2009, 08:53 PM	#3
WestButteTruck Kung Fu Master Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 547	Re: Anyone ever fix a seatbelt? I will try and look into that next. It seems as though something may be partially blocking full insertion of the buckle. Do these really just stop working? __________________ 72 GMC SuperCustom 4x4 1972 Chevrolet Cheyenne Super 4x4

07-17-2009, 10:12 PM	#4
pig rig Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: washington the state Posts: 730	Re: Anyone ever fix a seatbelt? I just fixed one this morning I'd been fighting it for a few months and last night was the last straw I drove to the store with my belt tucked under my butt I looked in it this morning and it was full of invoices and other paper parts so I spent about half hour digging it out with twizzers and it works like a dream now I need to break the habbit of throwing every thing in the front seat with me __________________ my sports car rolls on six wheels only because I'm to fat to get in and out of new corvette http://hubgarage.s3.amazonaws.com/ph...ped_detail.JPG

07-19-2009, 11:36 PM	#5
WestButteTruck Kung Fu Master Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 547	Re: Anyone ever fix a seatbelt? Well, you two were spot on. There was something in there blocking it from full insert. I pulled out 2 big chunks of seat material. The old seat was almost falling apart. This belt has not worked since I got the truck, which was just a year ago. Took them out and what do you know.....works like new, thanks. __________________ 72 GMC SuperCustom 4x4 1972 Chevrolet Cheyenne Super 4x4

07-20-2009, 08:37 AM	#6
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,313	Re: Anyone ever fix a seatbelt? glad it was a simple fix... i changed seatbelts in my 82 which were installed with the torx style bolts. The truck is from the north east so its pretty rusty so it took alot of work with a grinder to get a socket to fit on the bolt to get it out as the torx heads promptly stripped out.. it can be a bear of a job particularly in hot weather __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!



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