[ps2cho]

Wonderful. Never in 7 years and plenty of other passengers have my belts ever got caught in the door. I pick them up and they immediately slam the door shut 3-4 times until the seatbelt clip breaks. So furious...

The inside metal is completely exposed. I think its still "safe", but its a mess.

Is it difficult to replace the rear seatbelts? Can I just buy the buckle, or do I need to purchase the entire belt with it too?

Thanks

 

[uling]

in my case, i only change the buckle which i got fron a non-retracting unit. I took off the stitching of the sewn part at the end of the seatbelt unit. I used a nylon like thread to saw back the stitching.

 

[Savannahbenz]

The plastic cover has been broken on my drivers belt for the seven years that I have owned my car. It still works fine, but the appearance bothers me so last week I grabbed a seatbelt at the pick n pull. I have not yet installed it because I need to research the SRS deactivation procedure so I don't accidentally trigger a deployment of the pyrotechnic tensioner and/or airbag.
My case is a front seatbelt which entailed removal of the B Pillar Cover and three bolts and one electrical connector. IIRC, wagon rear belts are attached under a side trim panel that starts aft of the rear doors. Removal should be pretty intuitive. I don't know if the rear belts have SRS tensioners, if they do and you are going the junkyard route, make sure to get the belts from a donor that has not had frontal impact or airbag deployment, because the belt tensioner will likely have also deployed and will be useless.

 

[winmutt]

Its a pretty easy fix. Pull the seat belt all the way out, pull holding pin out, keep the middle bit from spinning loose (you can just wind it up again). I took the opportunity to add a few winds of tension. Anyways I think I stuck a flathead in there to keep it from spinning while I took care of the buckle part.

 

[ps2cho]

Anybody know if the rear sedan belts are the same as the wagon? I guess...are the fronts the same too? Could it be an easy junkyard run?

 

[Savannahbenz]

Its a pretty easy fix. Pull the seat belt all the way out, pull holding pin out, keep the middle bit from spinning loose (you can just wind it up again). I took the opportunity to add a few winds of tension. Anyways I think I stuck a flathead in there to keep it from spinning while I took care of the buckle part.

So you changed out just the buckle and left the retractor mechanism in place? I wondered if that was possible. I think I will try that first. No worries about accidental SRS deployment:thumbsup:

 

[Clarkz71]

Anybody know if the rear sedan belts are the same as the wagon? I guess...are the fronts the same too? Could it be an easy junkyard run?

No, and no.

The sedan is a different part number and left & right are the same.

Wagon is a different part number & left & right are different numbers.

Front has ETR for SRS on both sedan & wagon.

 

[Savannahbenz]

Anybody know if the rear sedan belts are the same as the wagon? I guess...are the fronts the same too? Could it be an easy junkyard run?

Part number for 1987 sedan rear belts is A201 860 39 85. Same number for right and left. Check it against your wagon's EPC.

 

[Clarkz71]

Part number for 1987 sedan rear belts is A201 860 39 85. Same number for right and left. Check it against your wagon's EPC.

That sounds so familiar.

Already done, different. See post 7

 

[Zeitgeist]

My kids have done an excellent job of killing these on both my 124s

 

[zorecati]

My kids have done an excellent job of killing these on both my 124s

This is the good thing about my wrx, the doors will fold in bend before the belt plastic breaks.