zeo2ski
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I have previously said that Radians are compatible in my 1998 Suburban; they are in fact INCOMPATIBLE. I'm sorry if my advice has caused anyone to purchase RNs to try in their older model sub. I will go back and try to find any threads I wrote this in and edit them.
I feel like a total @** right now. Last night was an awful night for CRs in my car! DD2 is about to outgrow her KF30 by height; only a half inch to grow so I wanted to replace ASAP, but I was trying to get something I could use in a 3 across for my 3rd row if needed. So last night I went out to try something (hey, it had warmed up to -4!) and when I unbuckled DS1s FF XTSL in the 3rd row outboard, I found out the retractor was not working properly! This retractor had been doing that before, when I had no CR there, but the belt was also twisted and I was able to get the twist out and then the retractor seemed to be fixed. That's when I installed the XTSL there--about a month or two ago--and I haven't moved it since. So I was pretty freaked out about having had him there with a malfunctioning retractor lock!
Next I unbuckled DS2's XT which was RFing 3rd row center, lapbelt. It was kind of tough to move so I gave it a good tug and guess what? I was able to rock the car HARD with the seat COMPLETELY UNBUCKLED, untethered, everything! So I reinstalled a few times and was able to figure out that the plastic on the latchplate hitting the plastic on the CR was giving a false tightness; when I twisted the latchplate out of the way I was able to move the thing 2"+ back and forth (tugging at the beltpath). I tried FFing in that spot too, and the problem was the same. The latchplate was not IN the beltpath, the belt rounded the edge, but the plastic hit plastic (latchplate was flipped 180*). I then tried FF and RF outboard 3rd row and found the same problem, and RF in the outboard seats 2nd row, same thing. I didn't try FF 2nd row because there are no TAs there, and I already knew RFing center was overreclined anyway.
And the OTHER outboard 3rd row retractor was acting up too, which had not happened before. So. Sucky night And very