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Hello Shaun, Thanks for being in touch with the forum. I don’t think I’m going to be of much help to you, except to introduce the possibility of the need for caution. It is possible ( but I’m not sure) that the actual receiver - anchor as you call it- may not be as simple as you would imaging it to be, and may be part of a cylindrical gas operated pre-tensioner which deploys in the event of an accident, and simply disconnecting it may not be be what you want to do, without investigation and advice beyond my direct experience with this. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hi, I agree with Magnet, I have never changed a belt on an Audi but they all work on a similar principle the pre tensioners attached to the seatbelt spool will have some sort of explosive cylinder attached to yank the belt to a stop when you have a collision, the push button bit with the clip has the same thing which when activated pulls any slack in the belt back to keep you pinned to the seat. I have no idea about the torx bit sizes you may need but suffice to say that a good quality kit will cover most required sizes, the other thing I would do is disconnect the battery a couple of hours before working on this to allow the airbag module to drain down as you will be removing the multi plugs under the seat to facilitate the seat removal the plugs are invariably to do with the airbag system and if removed with a live electrical connection could activate the seat airbags or spike the airbag module, with regard to the anchor if that goes off due to the presence of current that is more than capable of removing portions of fingers, finally checking if your new anchor will need coding to the vehicle. Steve.

Hi I wouldn't take it personally, but in view of what you said in the first post there is not much to say really, other than yes it is indeed a lovely car and you hang around what looks very much like the Old Plough Car park on the A128 near Bulphan, try publishing some history of the car since you have owned it, any problems you have had with it or even any road trips, unfortunately most people who post on here have a problem and need advice on how to fix it, I don't wish any problems on you or the car but you might be better served getting in on conversations in the general chat section they are very friendly on this forum and for what its worth Welcome to the forum and I hope the combined knowledge of the members will one day be of help to you. Regards Steve.😃