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Old 05-06-2012   #7
VetteMed
 
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Default Re: Seat belt retractor FYI:

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Originally Posted by gbmidyear66 View Post
OK, apologies in advance for the semi-hijack....

I just hate when you open up the secondaries and the belt cinches from the G force (particularly when its just after lunch or dinner...).

Is this normal?
The inertia lock is supposed to activate upon rapid deceleration. I have not noticed it under rapid acceleration. There is a pendulum inside the retractor mechanism which prevents the belt from pulling out of the housing when the pendulum swings forward -- but I didn't think the same should occur when the pendulum swings backwards.

Might be worthwhile to open it up and clean it out
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