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Old 16-04-2019, 05:44 PM   #1
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Default Seat Belt Retractor Help Wanted.

When a roof fitted retractor is designed to only lock on deceleration of the vehicle, and not from physically pulling the belt, does that particular design have a name?
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Old 17-04-2019, 07:22 AM   #2
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Default Re: Seat Belt Retractor Help Wanted.

Didn't know there was any such thing. The thing about inertia reel belts is that a sudden pull on them is the equivalent of sudden deceleration as far as the mechanism is concerned.
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Old 17-04-2019, 08:33 AM   #3
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Default Re: Seat Belt Retractor Help Wanted.

They were fitted to the roofs of some GM coupes.
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Default Re: Seat Belt Retractor Help Wanted.

Don’t most newer wagons and hatchbacks have a roof mounted retractable belt for the centre rear passenger?
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Default Re: Seat Belt Retractor Help Wanted.

I'm aware of where they were used. While they can't be swapped with the floor mounted mechanisms due to the way the inertia is sensed, I believe they are still an inertia reel mechanism. They were originally referred to as roof mounted retractors.
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