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Originally Posted by 23337 YT
Hopefully you'll have better luck with the new set. I put retractable 3 points in my Tempest and found that if the retractors were not mounted perfectly vertical they would lock up unnecessarily when trying to extend and retract. Mine were angled a little forward and that's all it took to cause a headache.
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I discussed that possibility with the seat belts plus manager that called me. He said the angle of the retractor wasn't the issue. He said it should work at any angle. I thought I may need an extender bracket, or something to hold it in a certain place. He told me, no, that's just the design that you have to pull them out very slowly. He didn't think a 30-45 second pull on the seat belts was a problem...until I told him you had to do it 4-5 times before it wouldn't lock on you trying to stretch it far enough.
Then he told me to back to Ames and argue with them. Of course, since you can't find out it works like this until you mount them, and as soon as you mount them they are non-returnable.
That's kind of nice Catch-22 if I ever heard one.