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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 09:38 PM
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What is this button?
The door closes easier if i remove it. It doesn’t seem to do anything but it seems attached to the retractor by a cable or wire.
The door closes easier if i remove it. It doesn’t seem to do anything but it seems attached to the retractor by a cable or wire.
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Old Jul 8, 2025 | 07:02 AM
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When door is open, the button releases the seatbelt reel allowing belt to freewheel.
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Old Jul 8, 2025 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgenstein
When door is open, the button releases the seatbelt reel allowing belt to freewheel.
Thanks! I don't think it is serving its intended purpose. The seat belt does the same thing whether the door is open or closed - retracts limply half way and hangs there. (insert wiener joke)
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Mine does the same (on the truck) but I never noticed that button before. What year is yours? 89-91?
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Old Jul 8, 2025 | 10:30 PM
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The truck is a 1990
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Originally Posted by hawkeye9802
Thanks! I don't think it is serving its intended purpose. The seat belt does the same thing whether the door is open or closed - retracts limply half way and hangs there. (insert wiener joke)
After 30 years the spring in the retractor has weakened to the point that it won't pull the seatbelt back in. I wonder if anyone makes a new replacement.

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Old Jul 9, 2025 | 05:55 PM
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I would pull it apart and clean and lube the mechanism.
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Originally Posted by hawkeye9802
The truck is a 1990
I guess why mine doesn't have it. Must have been part of the 1991 design changes.
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