davehart
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I had this issues with a set of front belts.
When bolted into position they would not lock when pulled. As soon as you took them off the mount they would lock fine.
The solution?
I got hold of another set of front belts. They were not a direct fit as the bucklers were different. The belts were a bit rough in any case.
Taking both the plastic covers off the side to compare there did not seem to be much difference. Until I took the front plastic plate off and compared the two.
On the other units there was a metal spacer inside the plastic where as on mine there was not. It must act as a counter to spring the ball bearing movement.
I swopped over this part into mine, put back together, bolted onto the car and its fixed!
Its a lttle fiddly getting it all back together but it can be done without much swearing.
I never took any pictures but thought this would be good information as I could not find anything to work out a solution.
When bolted into position they would not lock when pulled. As soon as you took them off the mount they would lock fine.
The solution?
I got hold of another set of front belts. They were not a direct fit as the bucklers were different. The belts were a bit rough in any case.
Taking both the plastic covers off the side to compare there did not seem to be much difference. Until I took the front plastic plate off and compared the two.
On the other units there was a metal spacer inside the plastic where as on mine there was not. It must act as a counter to spring the ball bearing movement.
I swopped over this part into mine, put back together, bolted onto the car and its fixed!
Its a lttle fiddly getting it all back together but it can be done without much swearing.
I never took any pictures but thought this would be good information as I could not find anything to work out a solution.