Seatbelt retractors

[frank j. bauer]

At 12:50 AM 2/9/01 -0500, Stephen Bigelow wrote:
>My passenger side seatbelt fails to retract....sometimes. It'll certainly go
>in if you help it along, but I'd like it a little safer.
>Is this a cleaning thing...or a lube thing? Any ideas how I get at it?
>New GF is very good at placing belt back in car before closing door
>(swoon!), but she shouldn't have to.
>Suggestions?
>Steve Bigelow
>84 5000S "Audrey"

it's a replacement thing.
your belts are at least 17 years old now.
the webbing is almost certainly worn by now.
i would replace both fronts in a heartbeat.
think of it as a 100,000 mile maintenance item.

frank