Driver's Seatbelt Removal

[alanwjones]

Hi Guys ,

I'm having to replace the driver's side seat belt on my wife's mk2 Rav due to fraying round where it rests through the retaining bracket at the top , The belt is the Airbag type model 7L7080-P

Other than disconnecting the Battery for a few hours before changeover is there anything else I should be aware or look out for ? Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance. Alan.

[anchorman]

Welcome to the club.

Not sure what you mean by airbag type but it will have a pre-tensioner on the anchor side. You don't need to touch that so look at the attached and you will be OK;

seat belts.pdf

[alanwjones]

Thanks for the help there Don, That's a very handy pdf file, I wasn't confident at all as to where everything was, Now I know, Just waiting for the new unit to arrive, As to the "airbag type" it was just written on the white label on the old belt and I wasn't sure if it had any significance as to how careful I should go at dismantling things with the airbag connections. Alan.

[anchorman]

OK now I understand. Some do have the pre-tensioner in the recoil mechanism so you will have to see what comes. Disconnect the Battery and have a brew (although I understand from our electronics guru it is much less). You will find the wires when you remove the trim.

[alanwjones]

Job done, everything seems to be working fine ! can I trouble you once more, the trip meter on the radio has reverted to litres, kph, any pointer as to returning it to mph.please. A.

[anchorman]

Comes up loads of times. Somebody will assist soon.

[alanwjones]

After a lot of searching finally found it, Thanks for the help. A.

[bothwell_buyer]

You should ask your wife to refrain from chewing the belt Alan. Cheaper to adopt road rage tactics and shout and swear instead.

I removed the seat belt on nummer wan RAV recently as I didn't need it, but it was still in good condition.

However we have had to replace 3 belts on our Ford Transits so we now attempt to employ drivers who wear plastic false teeth.

[alanwjones]

:) I think it was down to the previous drover 5' nothing using that plastic guide thingy to bring the belt nearer to him !!