Help!!!!!!!!

[econo61]

my wonderful wife seems to have somehow gotten the shoulder belt in my 06 f150 around the headrest. now the shoulder belt is locked and wont extend where i can get it loose!

 

[surewhynot]

Not sure about getting it to retract, but is there a way to pop the headrest off?

 

[lenny1carl]

tony may have the answer.... pull the head rest all the way out. if that doesn't work do as i did. put her head in the loop

 

[Brian_B]

Most headrests will come out. I am not sure if yours has some sort of release button or not, but it should come out.

If all else fails, you can unscrew it at one end or the other. They used to be about a 50 MM Torx head.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

If the headrest doesn't come off, I suspect you'll have to take the interior panel off.

Ryan

 

[econo61]

this sucks! pulled the panel off the side of the seat and found the pivot bolt, NO HEAD !

tried to get the headrest out, to no avail.

i am leaving at 3:00 am on a trip, and dont want to have to listen to "ding ding ding" every 30 seconds for 250 miles!

 

[mrfixit]

Try sliding the seat towards the bottom mount. even tr eclining it... anything to take some tension off the belt. That's the key; getting the tension off the retractor so it will unlock. sometimes you can pull the plastic cover off of the retractor and release the lock itself. The unit itself is bolted to the floor in most cases with a large Torx (star) bit. AZ sells em as... you guessed it... seat belt bolt tool!
as I said, tho, getting the tension to release should free up the belt... as for freeing up the wife, well, that's up to you...

 

[econo61]

the 06has the retractor on the seat back, up top.

ive moved the seat everywhichway but out! and i am about ready to do just that!

 

[mrfixit]

Dang.... it still has to go down to the floor, I believe! Look under it. Law states they must be anchored to the floor. at least in my trucks it does, lol....
and removing it to get slack may just be an option. there aren't THAT many bolts holding the seat down!

 

[Brian_B]

The other brand seats have them anchored into the seat and the seat anchored to the floor. They are common swaps in hotrods nowdays because of the built in belts.

 

[Brian_B]

Dang.... it still has to go down to the floor, I believe! Look under it. Law states they must be anchored to the floor. at least in my trucks it does, lol....
and removing it to get slack may just be an option. there aren't THAT many bolts holding the seat down!

Unless he has air bags in them like my explorer. He needs to unhook the battery and wait 30 minutes. Then unplug the wires to the airbags. Then gently remove the seats.

 

[econo61]

GOT THAT MOTHER FIXXED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

probably a simple deal if you know what your doing.

took the trim off of the top of the retractor, no easy feat in itself, then pulled everything over the top of the bracket and got it loose!

fun part was using a 1/4 in. ratchet wrench and torx bit to get the inside screws out of the cover.

this sucks, and the wife wont do it again! not after all the language she heard tonight! screamin, yellin, cussin, and rarein! boy i wish my econo had ac!

 

[Brian_B]

Glad you got it fixed at least. No AC and your complaining? Sorry have to laugh. I love running around without it in the 56. The explorer has not even been started in 3 weeks.