Seat belt locked up.

[fc1]

Had the ROPS up to do some log moving in the hilly(er) part of my lot and must have got the belt twisted; it will now neither extend nor retract .

It's too short to accommodate my ever-more-prosperous girth.

Anyone have a fast solution?

 

[85Hokie]

Damn - I like that line " ever-more-prosperous girth "

Is it twisted INSIDE the roll up mechanism ?

 

[fc1]

Damn - I like that line " ever-more-prosperous girth "

Is it twisted INSIDE the roll up mechanism ?

I expect it is. Hard to see though, has a long rubber boot on it.

 

[DustyRusty]

Unbolt it from the tractor and work on it on your work bench.

 

[Russell King]

There may be some small lever on the side that will release the pawls and let it unwind.

I recall they were on the inner side and may be covered by the rubber cover.

 

[fc1]

Unbolt it from the tractor and work on it on your work bench.

But I don't waaaaannnnnaaaaaa...

Figured I'd have to tho.

 

[SDT]

Had the ROPS up to do some log moving in the hilly(er) part of my lot and must have got the belt twisted; it will now neither extend nor retract .

It's too short to accommodate my ever-more-prosperous girth.

Anyone have a fast solution?

Debris inside can cause them to "lock." Sometimes, repetitive pulls/releases will free them temporarily.

 

[fc1]

It was twisted at the end, which prevented retraction and, thereby, unlocking.

Came off pretty easy; one single (tight!) 14mm bolt. I had to use the breaker bar.

Once it's off the boot kind of pulls off, exposing the lock bar. Flip that away from the spool and the spool unlocks:

Make sure the parts are correctly oriented for reassembly:

The retractor sort of rolls into the boot; the fit is weird until you get the boot retention features correctly engaged:

Now my machine is safe to use with the ROPS again; mebbe this will help someone else out.