Seat belts

[Alan W]

When I bought my car last year one of the things I noticed was that the seatbelts didn't retract very well. I don't know whether or not its my imagination but when I took the car out this weekend after 5 months in storage they now seem even worse.

My questions are, are they repairable, are new ones reasonably priced, and has anyone any comments on buying them secondhand?

[Southernboy]

...there's a couple on eBay at £.10 each. But the problem is more likely to be some cleaning and lubrication required. You will need to remove them and give the mechanism a good cleaning and a little light greasing on the cogs. Getting them out requires quite a bit of trim removal, so somewhat laborious...

[Dave L2]

'hmmmmm trim removal !!!

After last year's dash removal this sounds like my summer holiday for this year