Sedan seat belt hack: tilt sensor delete

[Buzz Skyline]

No matter how I fiddled with them, I couldn't get my sedan donor seat belt reels oriented so the tilt sensors wouldn't lock up. So I removed the sensors. Now the belts work great. The lock up feature due to sudden jerks on the belt is unchanged.

I took the driver's side reel off the car to delete the sensor, but I did it on the passenger side with the reel still attached.

To open the the reel, pop the three plastic pins that secure the transparent cover

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The cover should pop off, I pried it gently with a flat head screw driver. Don't turn it over or the gears will fall out. They're easy enough to drop back in though.

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The tilt sensor is the orange part in this pic, although it's green on the 818 passenger side (formerly WRX driver side) belt

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It easily slips out.

Make sure the gear is in the right position . . .

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. . . before you replace the cover.

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Test the belt a few times to make sure everything is replaced properly, then pop the plastic pins back in and you're done. Now the belt will work with the reel in any orientation