BELT RETRACTOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

The invention relates to a belt retractor () for automotive vehicles, comprising a housing frame () including two opposed side walls () each having a wall opening (), a belt reel () being rotatable about a reel axis (A) and extending in the axial direction from a sensor-side reel end () through the wall openings () of the housing frame () to an opposite spring-side reel end (), as well as a housing cover () being tightly connected to the housing frame (), wherein the housing cover () forms a radially elastic pivot bearing () for the spring-side reel end () and wherein the spring-side reel end () of the belt reel () is fixed in the radial direction in a guiding-free manner and, resp., without any further guideway on the housing cover ().