Deployed seatbelt pretensioner rebuild and color change tutorial

Today I will show you how to change the webbing on most seatbelts. I will also show you how seatbelts are rebuilt and how they work. I learned how to do this many years back before seatbelt rebuild companies were a thing. Replacement belts were very expensive and used seat belts were cheap but not always in the right color.
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[@bobbymcbulge18]

So I tried the iron trick you suggested and now it’s definitely flat........... and welded together, the iron caught the cardboard on fire which caught the dining room table on fire. ☹️ So now I’m watching your videos from the doghouse.

[@vehcor]

😂 I read the comments just for these gems that make me laugh!

[@stoneshrink]

and now you know why I've a fully equipped dog house.

[@45AMT]

😂 😂 😂 😂 I needed that laugh!!! Thanks!!

[@MixedupMatt1]

😂😂😂

[@ryanengland7974]

Thats great 👍

[@epicsiege8508]

Fits perfectly rear-facing in our truck, which has a slightly smaller back seats. kzbin.infoUgkx6_FKRYB2ClSPRyjcd8HptiCS3EiQoNX4 Feels as comfy and plush as our Graco Contender carseat

[@5876526]

Great video, I bought a replacement belt and managed to swap the webbing onto the original reel, didn't have a clue before watching this video

[@robertstaff]

Thank you for this. It saved me a bunch of money and time and worked like a charm with no surprises. I had a replacement belt assembly in the wrong colour and didn’t realize I could just switch the belt. Awesome!

[@houseofno]

"Let's get these done before the girls come home and I'm homeless..." LOL...

[@vehcor]

I hope they don’t watch my video. I need to stop recording my bad behavior!

[@buffuniballer]

@@vehcor I think you secretly wish to be caught and punished...

[@ColdVsIce]

@@buffuniballer LMFAO

[@noahsdad1629]

Great video. I rebuilt the carbs for my old motorcycle in the kitchen while my wife was out of town. When she got back, she knew some 'car stuff' had been done inside the house.

[@ryanengland7974]

When I was about 10 years old I remember my dad walked in the back door with a handful of screws drivers and a 4 barrel quadrajet carb and setting it on the table and saying got to rebuild this carb before your mom gets home and sees were we are doing it. 😆

[@trirycheman]

My favorite line to use on people who scoff at used parts "Used parts are on the road everyday." Also "New parts are only new until they're installed"

[@j.d.martinez153]

Very informative as usually. Been wrenching on vehicles for 20 years and I have been very skittish on this; but now looks like a piece of cake, man. 👍

[@ShainAndrews]

I use a hair straighter. It does help. Oddly enough I have exactly as much hair as you do.

[@vehcor]

When I start using the girls’ hair straighteners I’m going to be in bigger trouble! 😂

[@45AMT]

@@vehcor 😂 😂 😂

[@garycurry4600]

Very interesting...I’m not talented enough to attempt this myself, but I do enjoy watching an experienced mechanic at work. Thanks for sharing, and here’s to not spending the night on the couch 🛋

[@vehcor]

It is pretty easy. I just learned by trying, long before the seatbelt rebuild companies even started. Thanks for the support.

[@NickMyers1]

This is exactly what I needed to know for my 2006 Town Car I bought with a deployed airbag and seat belt. I bought a replacement seat belt at Pick n Pull - same color -- but it smells like rotten milk and looks it too. Now I'll just use the training to swap the webbing to the good tensioner and use the yuck webbing for an engine hoist. Thanks again!

[@TekJones83AJ]

I have used seatbelts many times pulling engines and holding up transmissions in the junkyards and they do work great! Awesome vid about how to change out belts in the mechanisms. Have a good week :)

[@WorkingWithWimberley]

This was useful! I may actually do this. I want red seat belts in the Vette. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@icerazar713]

Oh look at all the ball bearings. Sling shot ammo. 😂😂

[@markbremmer8642]

I see broken windows in your future. And some very angry parents for you saying that.

[@therealfox]

Very interesting to learn how the seatbelt stuff works. Thanks for showing.

[@fabricancustoms]

You really showed some restraint in this vid. I appreciate it!

[@jonka1]

Twice as much restraint in fact.

[@mickfreeburn9181]

Well Scott I never knew when you hear a seat belt has to b rebuild how they did it . Very impressed thanks see you next week 👍👍🇦🇺

[@Twin_Flyer]

Wondered what had to be replaced, thanks for the explanation!

[@tap0019]

I think you do a great job and I learn the right way to do a lot of things, I have goofed up in the past.

[@ja.935g67]

Thank you so much that tab that holds the seat belt was the winner for me. I thought you had to take the whole thing apart to remove the seat belt from the retractor. Got a junkyard belt and cleaned it with super clean and replaced it into my original assembly 💪 thanks so much for this video!

[@mitchs323]

Sound familiar, like the time my wife came home and I had the parts from a Quadrajet spread all over the kitchen table. Had to do some fast talking that evening.

[@bukster1]

With me it was a quadcopter

[@markbremmer8642]

My dad routinely used the kitchen table as his work bench. Mom was not happy at all. Especially around the holidays.😆

[@benjaminreinhardt259]

Good wife story for you... I was doing a clutch in my 02 Z28 and the bell housing was disgusting filthy. I carried it into the bathroom and scrubbed it up in the tub, carried the bell housing back to the garage, and started cleaning the bath tub. It was at that time the wife came home. She comes in the bathroom and is absolutely gushing. She thanks me for cleaning the bathtub and is amazed I thought to do it. I then said, "Figured I might as well after getting it so greasy cleaning the transmission bell housing." The look on her face was priceless! We hadn't been married long and that really set the tone for years to come. She's a good woman and puts up with a lot from me! Thanks for the video. I didn't realize it was so simple to re-belt one. I'll keep that in mind for future projects.

[@alram5664]

I sell seat belt seat belt assemblies on ebay. Dude man, glad I watched to know when belts are locked! I was tossing good assemblies, you rock man! Plus, when I get bored and need some squirrel ammo I know where to find some!

[@FlyEaglesFly19111]

Aw man.. free B B for the air pistol.. what a bonus. That was fun.. again..thanks for sharing Scott.. be safe have a peaceful weekend

[@lakesideranch]

Happy Friday Scott! Great educational video, very cool how the seatbelts work, I learned a lot. Enjoyed the humor as always, well done. Work safe, enjoy your weekend! Doug@ the "ranch"

[@vehcor]

Thanks for the support and have a great weekend!

[@sonnyblazer5504]

You SEE? This video is why all my comments say, "I don't care WHAT you work on or record for us"! DIVERSIRY is more important than watching one project (that you may be short on parts). I'd bet you couldn't wait for that spring to overrev and launch; it's who you are and why we love you! Our state is ANAL on airbags. For REBUUILD inspection they must be recertified by a franchise dealer and the DRIVER License # of the Tech on the paper! (Cuz cheaters got caught!) Being someone who HAS to know how/why something works, I enjoyed this week's lesson and thank you for another one! God bless you all, Scott. Sonny (CT

[@vehcor]

The painting gnomes are MIA on the Vette, parts for the RX330 are lost in Narnia and I have other videos I don't want to start yet as well as builds going on that there are no videos for so it was this or nothing. lol I get lots of questions so it is easier to make a video than explain it all in the comments. There are plenty of little things to learn that go along with rebuilding. I'm still learning some of them. Thanks for the support!

[@45AMT]

That's pretty sweet. Never dissected a seatbelt that far. Just to think the thing that keeps you from flying through the windshield in a crash is a little plastic bar. And yeah I got the same snotty comment about used seatbelts and "Safety devices" at the dealer one time.

[@gundocC2]

Painted a set of valve covers with paint that had to be heat cured. I’ll use the oven! Great idea! Until she who must be obeyed came home to the smells of motor oil and paint all through the house. New range and flowers, candy and other items eventually got me off the couch. The plus side is all I had to add to the shop was a range plug, so the shop has its own paint curing oven, and a way to cook food when I find myself in trouble, again. Great video, great info as well. I keep finding cheap grand ams around the house, southern Tennessee, give me a shout if you want a dozen or so. Dan.

[@MrS10allday]

I'm so glad i found this channel.. this is awesome stuff. i love the mustang build

[@vehcor]

Thanks for the support!

[@ML-vy8xo]

Thanks Scott, I’ve a couple of spent seatbelts I’m gonna try this out on.

[@IllusiveChristie]

Fishing line through the loop, then through the drum. Pulls through a lot easier on the tighter belts. Good job 👏

[@josephking6515]

Thanks Scott. I found this interesting. Much appreciated. 👍

[@redraif]

As for working on the kitchen table. It helps being a girl who does car stuff. No wife to fuss at me when car parts are being serviced on the table, or when I'm cleaning the Pew-Pews. ;) Awesome thank you for the well laid out demonstration and tips! I was looking to replace my webbing and thought seriously this can't be this hard, but had no idea how the belt was attached to the rolling drum. Now to pray Honda uses this same style. Fortunately I pulled 2 spare sets of belts from the junkyard that are ripe for experimentation.

[@hommie789]

Scott, a truck is to put fishing line through after you take the old webbing out. Loop the fishing line through the new web and use that to pull it through. Works everytime. But use high test fishing line or it will just break. Also it flattens the loop as you pull it.

[@josephliptak3183]

Great work Scott. Always wanted to know how that works!! Have a great day!!

[@vehcor]

Thanks! Have a great weekend!

[@slawkowegrzyn2115]

Thumbs up and thanks for sharing your experience with rebuilding seat belt tensioner. No in the pile for GEORGE.

[@MixedupMatt1]

Showing me something new! Good stuff thanks!

[@carguy4658]

Your post are always interesting. When you buy a Brand New Car ... the seatbelts are already tested, so, they are used.

[@tomguest3702]

Man that is awesome I never thought of that that was a good tip awesome video can't wait for the next video

[@vehcor]

Thanks!

[@lanthonyperdum6430]

Thanks a million...Great video as always !!!

[@vehcor]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@user-wm6gu8yw6b]

Gonna put new webbing in mine... video is very informative.

[@jamesterrill1938]

I did enjoy this video, I always enjoy your videos. Learn alot...

[@vehcor]

Thanks for the support!

[@wishiknew1974]

Wow! Love it!

[@halnywiatr]

@ 3:58 That moment when subconsciously you decide that the next video to watch will feature Joerg Sprave.

[@grantfuller2016]

We used to do this when replacing non- compliant belts with compliant ones . You had to dissemble them to get the belt through the slot in the door pillar trim . The dealerships would just cut a slot in the trim piece ( said they weren’t allowed to dissemble the belt )

[@paulmullins4439]

Used seat belts lol great video enjoy watching keep the great work thank you for sharing

[@Panelman-wx8fo]

I I’ve the humorous way you explained cause and affect of using the kitchen table.

[@vehcor]

I don't want wives coming home and the husbands using the, "but the KZbin guy did it....." line. lol

[@fredbreuer5504]

Afternoon crews never seem to appreciate ones marvelous capabilities. They are just taken for granted until they are faced with them themselves ;-))). Other than that great presentation and make sure you remain in the lead of the king size bed ;-)))

[@mandymoo7406]

never taken a seat belt to bits before but I do like bally bearings so I'm going to do one this week 😀

[@rone8123]

Seat belts definitely make the perfect, most versatile lifting straps...been there, done that several times!!!

[@buckpowers4837]

Good how too. This should save some people money and good to have the knowledge of a how-to

[@WilliamPozo]

videos are awesome! keep them coming!!! cheers from No.. VA....

[@vehcor]

Thanks! Will do!

[@disgruntledegghead6923]

Very useful! Although pretty much every time I deal with blown seat belts insurance pays to replace them. Seems like a shady deal for the end consumer to me though. Insurance never pays for new seat belts on cars without the explosives after a collision, they trust that they will work and so do I. Good old 70's engineering and inertia is all they need to work. Yes, seat belts do make great engine straps! Most people don't really understand how strong that material is. Until it's torn anyways...

[@kekkoz10]

Really useful video, thanks man!

[@vehcor]

No problem!

[@MrRocky1405]

You always make it interesting - I wondered how they rebuilt those seat belts. As usual you made it look easy and I know its not. Best Wishes! 8-)

[@vehcor]

Thanks again!

[@icuranis4597]

This is why I built a rolling work bench. Never need the kitchen table. Besides, the wife always has stuff piled on the kitchen table.

[@vehcor]

I always have stuff piled on my work bench! 😂

[@harissabanovic8315]

Brilliant. Thanks man

[@handytricks8192]

Gr8 vid definitely learned 👍

[@theodoreko2700]

Very educational video ur the man!

[@vehcor]

Thank you!

[@321CatboxWA]

Well done. thank you

[@BlueLineGarage]

Great video!

[@vehcor]

Thanks!

[@Paulster2]

You mention the three things about this type of work where you save, but the big one is time. Figure out what your time is worth. Then multiply it by the amount of time wasted (or saved, if you wanna look at it that way), and come up with a $$ figure. You may be surprised. I'm not talking about the time it takes you to do the work, just the amount of time you're sitting around waiting for something to come back or the work you have to put off because you don't have "that part". You might be amazed.

[@saleempiano]

You are the man,,,,,, thank you so much buddy

[@williambailey9917]

nice job bud thanks

[@brianr987]

My favorite channel

[@vehcor]

Thanks

[@Maxxone08]

good job mate

[@tcpnetworks]

Nice work! :)

[@vehcor]

Thanks! 😄

[@beluxauto5968]

Your video reminded me of a thing a certified and approved by insurance bodyshop did . To make more money they stapled !!!! the seatbelts from the blown tensioners onto the good ones they bought from the scrapyard and they got paid for new . This was not a story I heard but seen with my own eyes and I have never heard of any scandal .

[@dueljet]

Great video as usual! I wonder if a guy would go through the same process with something special like a 1985 pontiac 6000 le with old discolored seatbelts? I may have to do some investigating this weekend.

[@bradentworow9750]

An interesting episode for a Friday.

[@armandoluisperez6472]

Very helpful men thanks 👍👍👍🤝🤝🤝🤝

[@rimmersbryggeri]

I think you could fish the loop through with a loop of strong fishing line or thing baling wire. You are right about usig used belts as long as there is no damage there is no reaon not to.

[@anomamos9095]

A “used” seatbelt is one where the stitching has been damaged and may break loose should another accident occurs. Some areas have rules against reusing seatbelts from accidents so they will instruct the responders to cut the belts so they can’t be sold.

[@jonwm01]

I did one once on a Mercury Milan I could not get the belt out of the drum for the life of me had to do it the hard way with full disassembly but in the end it worked like new!

[@vehcor]

Of all the seatbelts I have done, Fords are always the worst. Then they wonder why I make fun of them. lol

[@arsalanalam2830]

I think a zip tie through the hole where the pin goes, can help if you push the left over piece of the zip tie thought the metal piece you can pull it, the belt will follow, you can then put in the pin, safer than ironing since it will melt

[@shahsohawon4138]

HI , loved this ... A question please, on your german vw ,bmw ... are the seat belt webbing possible to change ?

[@iskydivetoooo]

🤣🤣🤣 Great video, as always. 🤗🤗🤗

[@bukster1]

My first car, a 1977 Toyota Carona had a seatbelt where the piece the belt clicks into had a central core with a whole lot of wires around it to attach it. One day I went to put the belt on and the thing just broke off in my hand. The central core had broken and the outer wires had snapped one by one until it just broke off. So the belt must have been useless for six months before that happened. Good thing I wasn't in a crash.

[@giorgiocisilino4874]

Some North American car manufacturers failed to notify thousands over defective seatbelt extractors on certain cars and then, they provide owners of those cars with different colored seatbelts so driver side or passenger side belts are not a matching pair. if yr lucky to get those, the manufacturer could simply just change the webbing and extractors thus providing customers with proper OEM-like webbing than trying to ignore customers and their safety.But glad to see some showing the general public how to do it.

[@stephenferguson6020]

You might try using your pliers or channel-locks to squeeze the end flatter

[@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic]

I don’t mind used things. I’m used after all. I was wondering what is your suggestion for getting a southern Dodge Ram cab. Aside from calling a southern salvage yard and driving down there? It’s not out of the question but I’m betting you have more experience than me.

[@MarioHernandez-bn6pm]

Used seatbelts and rebuilt seatbelts ( if done properly ) are completely safe. I work on airbags for a living. I clear crash data from airbag modules, my dad and uncle have an upholstery shop too .. have never had a problem using used seatbelts

[@bigbear5510]

Great video! Maybe a heavy object would be best to flatten out the belt. The belts are made of a nylon type of material if I'm not mistaken. Where's Mr. Spotty at today?

[@drinksavers3302]

FYI, Honda Civic Belts won’t just Pull Though. Thinking I will have to find an upholstery shop to sew the end or get some heavy duty needles and nylon thread. Not really worth doing it on my project, but it’s been fun. (No problems with using retractor from salvaged car, just must be sure that it never had an accident that caused it to deploy.)

[@blahblah6767]

As a Toyota salesman in the early 2000's they made it a point that we emphasized the "pre tensioner" feature on the seat belts. We had to sit through a seminar about the 1/1000 of a second that could mean life or death in an auto accident. Selling cars in Chicago, yikes.

[@MontyGumby]

Nice instruction. So you could tell the charge has gone off ? there is a way to tell ?

[@jefferypowell9885]

I've used old seat belting to redo lawn chairs

[@leblancexplores]

Are you familiar with how pretensions are triggered? I’m curious because I’d like to swap to a bench seat in my vehicle and the buckles on it have an airbag connector that I’m not sure is simply supplied 12V continuously and the buckle triggers itself or if the airbag module sends 12V at impact. Thanks for sharing.

[@hectorachilles1606]

I was pulling apart a 2018 wrx seat belt retractor but now it won’t take the seatbelt back together I can pull it all the way out but manually roll it back up and I’m unsure how to fix it

[@youtubeadmin7530]

I did this on my brothers car it was fun project

[@owooveck]

Looks like Takata/Joyson Safety retractor. Geting out fold with pin on ZF ones is nightmare. Especially if you wanna do it without any damage on webbing

[@danreagoso3939]

Have you tried OR can you use opposite sides Or Go left to right side VIsa Versa Nice Vid !

[@rcmike38]

I have a seatbelt on the side by side and every time you pull it it locks immediately no matter what angle straight crooked 45 anytime you move it it locks up just in a half an inch pole what typically is wrong that I can fix on a seatbelt mechanism

[@SwapPartLLC]

I wonder if a flat piece of 16ga sheet metal, a few inches long and the width of the belt, would work better than the screwdriver to push the belt through the drum? Maybe with a 90° bend on the end so you can push without risking getting cut.

[@vehcor]

Not a bad idea! 👍🏻

[@SwapPartLLC]

@@vehcor I'm thinking the machines that make these probably do it a similar way. Even if it's people on an assembly line, there still has to be a fast way in order to keep up with the demand.

[@wolfpeltskinwalker8444]

You could have used a fabric steamer to smooth out the end of the seat belt. Using an iron could melt the end or damage is so the steamer would be safer.

[@jefferypowell9885]

Old seat belt straps work great for lawn chair webbing

[@ezracarrizales23]

How do u add the ball bearing back in

[@avalaxsog8380]

Ahh! The scolding are the best part 😂

[@davidp2888]

3:58 And just like that, balls are all over the place.

[@vehcor]

I feel like a “that’s what she said” would be appropriate here! 😂

[@FlyEaglesFly19111]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@jimwiskus8862]

You always save the best for last. Great information for the do it yourself guy.

[@disgruntledegghead6923]

I dropped my balls in the church parking lot just the other day. What was even more embarrassing was the fact that my mother picked one up while the maintenance man was watching. Seriously though, I really did drop my balls in the church parking lot this Tuesday. An idler pulley on the truck decided to stop doing it's job and the closest parking lot was a church right down the street from my mom's house. She came to help me get parts, and when I was working on it the ball bearings literally fell on the parking lot while the maintenance guy stopped by to see what was going on. I didn't want to leave trash there, so my mother helped me pick them (only one ironically) up. It's a "joke" I didn't even have to make up.