Seatbelt Question

[knever3]

My seatbelts are slow to retract and it's getting very annoying. What is there I can do to make these "suck" back in faster. I can't stand having to feed it everytime I get out of the truck. My belts are in excellent condition so a change of belts wouldn't be a good option. Is there a spring that can be replaced or something??

[jimoshel]

Probably a good cleaning will help.Being down by the floor, the reel and wind mechanism gets it's share of crud.

[1987Comanche]

What other seatbelt receivers (floor mount side) fit our buckles? I know the belts are Bendix and they look just like GM belts of the era. I scored a set of Grand Am GT buckets that I want to install and I don't think the bench seat buckles are going to work with them.

[deziped]

You can take them apart and wind the spring a couple turns, or what ever it takes to get the correct tension for retraction of belt. Be careful while doing it as the spring must be held in place or it will unwind in the blink of an eye and just might cause damage to your flesh. And the 20 year old plastic is a little brittle and snaps easily. I just did a couple (a few months back) of spare ones I had laying around, I even took pics with the intention of posting them up put never got to it and have since dumped the pics. Sometime soon I'm going to do the ones in my DD MJ that are always in the door jamb.

[knever3]

Pictures please!!! Ok, so are there rebuild kits like the springs?