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Spent the morning working on finding the source of my raw gas smell with windows done. In the process, I managed to cause my passenger rear belt retractor to explode. A lot of potential energy stored in those springs! 

 

Review of the usual sources doesn't show any reasonable options. I'm able to find available used belts but for 944s which have a different buckle tang. Briefly looked at new from the dealer but they are $350 plus. 

 

Wondering if anyone has a repair source?

 

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Check los angeles auto parts on eBay, they have a bunch of 968 parts available.
that could well be a Gordian spring, similar to a Gordian Knot, which created the name of a family of marine nematodes called Gordiacea.  Save it - it may be special!

That looks like it could do you some damage, try 944 reanimation on eBay they have some 968 bits


Worst case if needed I can send something from the U.K.
Thank you all for the suggestions. I have an entertaining postscript. 

 

Should have added previously that my passenger rear seatbelt appeared to be unable to pull forward after removal, locking with every attempt. I struggled with it for a good 15 minutes without progress. I decided I must have damaged it in removing it. This lead to my attempt to disassemble, thereby causing the belt's subsequent auto-destruction. 

 

Well, I was able to source a used replacement belt from a dismantler, which arrived today. But, same issue! The replacement belt would not pull forward! 

 

I'm cursing the dismantler for sending me a faulty belt, and I start trying to find the part number on the retractor. I see embossed on the plastic cover "Y = 59 X = 0."

 

Of course. The inertia mechanism must be in the installed position to operate. 

 

I fitted the retractor into the mount. Works absolutely perfectly. 

 

It was an $83, and quite humbling, lesson.  Big Grin

That's how we learn! I took one apart one time because it would not work, and found a half a cup of broken glass in the mechanism. The window had been broken and replaced, but a lot of the glass went down the belt guide tube and worked its way into the spool and ratchet. After cleaning it worked fine.

 

Recently I sorted out a problem that had been bothering me for years, namely an extra twist in the belts of my Cab. I pulled the covers and pulled the belts as far out as they could go, then I kept then from rewinding by jamming the spool with a thin bladed screwdriver. Once they were immobile, I folded the belt and pulled it through the spool to rotate it within the spool by half a turn. Problem solved and now the belts work properly and don't feel like they were improperly installed. I believe they have been this way since 1992.
And the satisfaction is just amazing