Factory Seat Belt, operation question..

[olllie]

May be a stupid question but,

I have noticed that both of my 3 point factory belts do not lockup. Seems like on most modern cars if you give the belt a quick tug the belt return will lock..

meaning in an accident the belt will stop your body from becoming part of the dash..

Do I need new belts?? or is this normal in all these trucks.

[tucsonjwt]

On my 83, the driver's side seat belt does not lock, the passenger side does. All other vehicles I have owned lock when yanked (inertia feature.) So, I say they should lock when yanked and both you and I have improperly functioning seat belts. The lap belt portion does stay in place.

[olllie]

Yes I agree with you, looks like both my belts are junk. my lap and shoulder belts do not lock at all... even with a real hard pull. that sucks because belts are not cheap and finding one in a wrecker in my area is not going to happen.

Any idea if newer pickup belts will fit?

[motornut]

is this with the door open or closed?
my drivers locks with the door closed,not open
there is a pin in the door jamb,open, it releases the belt
make sure it's not jammed or fulla paint and stuck

[mrolds88]

Double check those belts. I'm pretty sure there's an inertia mechanism in there. A little round weight underneath that activates the locking pawl. Good test would be to find a desolate piece of blacktop and get the truck to about 40 and apply the brakes hard (not lockup) to check the belt lockup. If they don't lock then, replace.

[mtnsackett]

if you want to keep your original belts check out the link, they can rebuild them to like new and you will never know that they were broken.

http://www.ssnake-oyl.com/mm5/mercha...tegory_Code=RS

[INSIDIOUS '86]

Mine if I go over a bump with enough vigor they look up. I believe this is the inertia lock activating correct?
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