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05-24-2005, 11:01 PM
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|  94 SC2 Door activated seat belts
My girlfriend's SC has those door activated seat belts and recently the one on the drivers side decided to not work properly. It moves, sometime the entire track but not always. I called the local Saturn dealership and he said he had some "special lubricant" for it, which is all it probably needs.
My questions are these: has anyone else had to deal with these things and will lubricating them help? If so, what lubricant should I use? The guy at the dealership said you are supposed to lubricate them every time you change the oil in the car, which made me laugh. I've never done that, even with other cars that had these seat belts.
Any help is greatly appreciated,
the bf_of....
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05-25-2005, 02:37 AM
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You are supposed to lube these up quite often. I don't know if I would go as far as every oil change, but they do need to be lubed. I had the same problem with mine, when I open my door when its raining, the water likes to run inside the door and sometimes into the track. I just use WD40 every once in a while and it seems to work great. If there is something better to use, I would also like to know. | |
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05-25-2005, 05:28 AM
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Lithium Grease hehe.. lube it baby
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05-25-2005, 06:23 AM
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The downside to using WD40 is that it's water based (I think), so it'd have more potential to wash off from the rain. Still, as easy as it is to squirt a little in, it's probably fine. | |
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05-25-2005, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by PurdueGuy The downside to using WD40 is that it's water based (I think), so it'd have more potential to wash off from the rain. Still, as easy as it is to squirt a little in, it's probably fine. | "squirt a little in"
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05-26-2005, 09:49 PM
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i have a similar "problem" it's finicky you can open the door and the seatbelt will just sit there for about five sec. then opens. it doesn't do it every time but every now and then it will. recentlly it hasn't been too bad but for a while ago it did it every time i opened the door but the pasenger door that barley ever gets used works just fine (i'm a lonly nerd with friends that all have new cars... "why would we wanna ride in an old saturn?") any ideas would be much appreciated. | |
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05-27-2005, 03:45 AM
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WD-40 is not water based. WD-40 actually means: "water displacement". I'm not sure what the signifigance of the 40 though.
White lithium grease is the best thing to use. | |
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05-27-2005, 04:05 AM
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I learn something every day. 
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05-27-2005, 09:48 PM
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Haha, I have that same problem Jon. My fragile mind just cannot handle all the information I learn sometimes. | |
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05-29-2005, 08:22 PM
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Mine does it to, but i know mine is the switch on the out side bottom of the door. I need to get a new one and put it in. | |
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