Seat belts - removal and refitting

Bodywork and fittings / Seat belts - removal and refitting

Removal
Front seat belt
1 Push the front seat right forward.

2 Pull back the plastic cover from the lower outer seat belt mounting (see illustration).

25.2 Pull back the cover from the front seat belt lower mounting

3 Count the number of coils in the spring as a guide for refitting.

4 Unhook the spring and gently allow the tension to be released by allowing the spring to unwind (see illustration). The spring is normally tensioned by one complete turn.

25.4 Unhooking the spring from the front seat belt lower mounting

5 Remove the spring from the retaining bolt head.

6 Unscrew the bolt securing the belt to the inner sill panel.

7 Prise off the plastic cover from the upper mounting and unscrew the retaining bolt (see illustration).

25.7 Removing the plastic cover from the front seat belt upper mounting

8 Pull away the weatherstrip locally, then remove the trim panel from the side of the rear seat for access to the inertia reel (see illustration). To save time, just the front of the trim needs to be detached in order to reach the inertia reel.

25.8 Pull away the weatherstrip before removing the rear trim panel

9 Unscrew the retaining bolt holding the inertia reel in place and remove the seat belt from the car (see illustration).

25.9 Front seat belt inertia reel mounting bolt

10 The front seat belt central stalk is removed by unscrewing the mounting bolt.

Rear seat belt
11 The rear seat belts are removed in much the same way as the front belts, 12 The outer mountings are held by one bolt (see illustration).

25.12 Rear seat belt outer mounting

13 The inner mounting is undone after lifting the seat squabs (see illustration).

25.13 Rear seat belt inner mounting

14 The inertia reel mechanism is held in place in the double skin of the luggage compartment, and the upper mounting bolt-is accessed by removing the plastic cover (see illustrations).

25.14a Remove the cap for access to the rear seat belt inertia reel mounting bolt

25.14b Rear seat belt upper mounting

Refitting
15 Refitting is a reversal of removal but tighten the mounting bolts to the specified torque.