[s-cars] Some info for those wanting to swap to a B5 S4 6-speed

[Lee Levitt]

Um, I thought the latching mechanism was actually in the reel...at 
least it is for the later model cars (A6/S6).

And the interesting thing is that if you hold a reel any way but 
in its proper orientation, it locks. I thought I had gotten a 
defective reel when I replaced the driver's seatbelt on my 
S6...but nope, once it was properly oriented, it spooled fine.


I thought this was a tensioner that simply snugged up the belt, 
taking the slack out during the early stages of an accident, much 
like the explosive Procon-10 (if memory serves) in the later 
cars.

Lee


On Mon Apr 25 12:01:42 PDT 2005, Rich Letsinger 
<rletsinger at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a mechanical seatbelt locking mechanism.  If the engine and
> tranny are pushed back in the car relative to the firewall, it 
> locks
> the seat belts assuming you've just hit a solid object with
> significant force.  Without this bracket, or with it 
> insufficiently
> attached, your seat belts may not latch in a collision.
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't re-engineer this attachment.
> 
> Rich
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