2000 TJ Rear Seat Belt Retractor Problem

I removed my rear seat belt retractors to install a tire carrier that required me to temporarily remove the retractors. The driver side retractor has taken up all the loose belt and I can not pull the belt out to reinstall the retractor into the roll bar. What do I do to release the belt? Many thanks!

A TJ is a 1997 - 2003 Jeep Wrangler.

Hey, hey, hey! Bill, you always brighten my day! (hey, that rhymes!) Bill, back to my problem....what is my solution?

JeePenn did pass the time by typing:

Tried tugging it sharply a couple of times?

Some retractors have an impact lock mechanisim that's based on the retractor being in a certain orentation. Try holding it like it should go in and tugging the belt.

(just a guess, been a while since I worked on one like that)

Same thing happened to me, But when I bolted then back onto the roll bar (the seat belt assembly) it mystically started working, must be something internal to the unit of just FM.

L8r - Jersey