dead seat belt!
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Boondox
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That happens to mine on occasion when pine needles and other junk gets inside and jams the retraction mechanism. I just blow it out with compressed air and harmony is restored.
Pete
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pemad
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16valex said:
Try spraying it with a BreakFree. I had the same problem with my BX and just sprayed it then worked the button and I was back in business.
Bird
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I took mine apart once when it wouldn't retract and found it was just dirt in there, so thereafter, I just blew it out with my air-compressor as Boondox said.
HomeBrew2
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Yeh, tried the compressed air thing. Works good if you can run to the shop everytime it's not happy. On my BX, there's a rubber/plastic snout on the top of the belt unit that manages the belt position ... or whatever. In a fit of rage, when I NEEDED the freaking belt and it wouldn't budge, I yanked the snout off with the aid of my buck knife. MAN, it works first time everytime now!!! 
orangebluegreen
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When I first got my B2410 I tried using the retractable seat belt while mowing. Found over bumps it would keep tightening as the seat would compress until you were forced to stop and loosen it or be squeezed so tight it was terribly uncomfortable. I no longer use it because of that and wish it were not retracting. Anyone have a solution for this problem? Like perhaps a way to keep it from retracting tighter once it is set through some type of stop on the belt?
N80
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Mine retracted in a twisted position and would not budge. Removed the whole thing (one bolt), pulled the rubber cover off, untwisted it, and it works fine now.
orangegreenblue, I don't drive if the seatbelt doesn't work. Mine is the retracting type too, but it isn't that sensitive. I think it would be fairly simple to buy and hook up any sort of basic seatbelt like the plain old adjustable ones. As long as it will keep you in the seat and you remember to keep it snug, it should do the job.
orangegreenblue, I don't drive if the seatbelt doesn't work. Mine is the retracting type too, but it isn't that sensitive. I think it would be fairly simple to buy and hook up any sort of basic seatbelt like the plain old adjustable ones. As long as it will keep you in the seat and you remember to keep it snug, it should do the job.
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Seat belts are usually covered by a life time waranty, at least in cars. Take it off and bring it to the dealer, it may be covered for us tractor folks as well.
capt jack
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orangeblueover green said:
I Don't know a sloution, But if you had seen the end result of the guy who hit a dip while mowing, came up out of the seat and went under the OPERATING shredder, you would wear that seat belt. BE SAFE FIRST, comfortable later.
Jack
orangebluegreen
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Capt_Jack.
Kinda delayed here as I don’t always look at the forums but catch up eventually.
With the retractable belt if I had to use it mowing I would be stuck in crawl speed or stopping every pass to loosen it. It’s impossible to use mowing. The only solution I can think of is replacing it with a manual adjust belt.
That said, we all take our chances every day. Driving an automobile down a public road is probably the most dangerous thing any of us does and we don’t think twice about it. And this is coming from me who used to road race Karts that did over 115mph with no seat belts.
Kinda delayed here as I don’t always look at the forums but catch up eventually.
With the retractable belt if I had to use it mowing I would be stuck in crawl speed or stopping every pass to loosen it. It’s impossible to use mowing. The only solution I can think of is replacing it with a manual adjust belt.
That said, we all take our chances every day. Driving an automobile down a public road is probably the most dangerous thing any of us does and we don’t think twice about it. And this is coming from me who used to road race Karts that did over 115mph with no seat belts.