SpinAll4

So I'm in the middle of pulling the car apart to install my 8W7, and lots of sound dampening. I'm about to pull the seat belts when I notice theres a warning on them, and a little switch that does somthing. were talking about right where the roll up, underneath the back side pannels. Some sort of explosive that reels them in when you get in an accident? I would rather not have anything blow up in my face while I'm messing around with the car.

xirforever

maybe to lock the seatbelt under certain cercumstances.... im just guessing here

mkorsu

Unsure. Never saw anything when I took my belts out to do the same thing. Definately no "explosion" devise, that's for sure.

Should just be the one large bolt to take the whole assembly off. Just don't lose the washers!!

ACleanSC4

iTrader: (7)

if it looks like a Co2 tube and has a yellow lever, it's to tighten up the belts in an accident...or so I was told...

These are found on newer SC's, not sure when, but the 97 I just took apart had them and I swapped them into my 92. The plug fits, but i'm not sure if it'll activate that feature...

ki_soarer

as long as the battery is disconnected, there wont be any problems... we deal with these all the time at work with BMWs. its a belt tensioner as stated that tightens up the seat belt when your in an accident.

SpinAll4

It looks like it shows the switch one way for taking them out, and another for putting them back in. Any idea if I need to mess with this, or just disconnect the battery?

SCoupe

So the seat belt guru's are here, lol. Sorry to highjack this but its sort of related enough not to start a new thread.

My seat belt tensioner is "lazy" as in it really does not want to take up the slack after I remove it. Is there a way to re-tension the take up mechanism ?

lighthalo

i have the same problem!
hlp plz... for some reason, it only happens on my drivers side, not my pass or even my back seats.

HELLAFLUSH

iTrader: (1)

No. Replace the seatbelt.

np20412

I believe the dealer will do this for free, but only if they are actually malfunctioning.

audi2nr

iTrader: (1)

hey how do u like the w-7 8's? im thinking of getting one because i want some good bass but i wanna minimize the space i take up in the trunk.

88supramki

the 8's are pretty decent, especially for an 8. plus you can run it off of the 250/1 and still get some darn good bass out of it.

SCoupe

Enlighted us please. Is the tensioner one piece with seatbelt?