Removal and installation seat belts (Opel Astra J)

The front and rear seat belts are secured to the body in the same way using the same fasteners. The difference lies in the location of the attachment points and the body panels that must be removed to access these points. In this regard, the work is shown using the driver's seat belt as an example.

You will need: 10 mm socket head, TORX T50 key, flat-blade screwdriver.

1. Disconnect the wire from the negative terminal of the battery, as the seat belts are equipped with pretensioners.

Attention!

• After disconnecting the wire from the negative terminal of the battery, you must wait at least 15 minutes; only after this time can you begin to remove the seat belt equipped with a pretensioner.
• Disassembling the seat belt pretensioners is prohibited.
• The reels of the belts with pretensioners must not fall and water or oil must not get into them.
• Do not expose seat belt pretensioners to temperatures above 95°C.

2. Remove the bolt securing the seat belt to the front seat rails…



3. …turn the belt bracket downwards to align the enlarged diameter of the hole in the bracket with the pin on the seat rails…





4. …and remove the bracket from your finger.

5. Remove the decorative trim from the bracket.



6. Pry up the top edge of the threshold trim…



7. …and remove the lining, overcoming the elastic resistance of its holders.



8. Pry up the bottom edge of the center pillar trim…





9. …and detach it from the stand, overcoming the elastic resistance of its holders.

Note: This is how the B-pillar trim holders are located.

10. Release the two retaining clips at the top of the B-pillar trim from the holes in the pillar and pull the trim away from the pillar.



11. Pass the buckle through the hole in the facing…





12. ...and the belt bracket, remove the trim.



13. Unscrew the bolt of the upper fastening of the seat belt to the slider of the mechanism for adjusting the belt height..



14. …and disconnect the belt buckle from the mechanism.



15. Using a screwdriver, remove the belt guide mounting pin from the hole in the center pillar…





16. …and disconnect the guide from the rack.



17. Remove the seat belt inertia reel mounting bolt…



18. …and remove the coil from the cavity of the stand.



19. Using a screwdriver, pry up the retainer of the pretensioner wiring harness block…





20. …pull the retainer out of the shoe…



21. …disconnect the shoe from the pretensioner…



22. …and remove the belt.



23. Remove the two bolts securing the height adjustment mechanism to the center pillar…





24. …and remove the mechanism by extracting the piston of its additional fastening (shown in the photo by an arrow) from the hole in the rack.

25. Install the seat belt and all previously removed parts in the reverse order of removal.