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honky
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Location: Connecticut, USA
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 Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject: Three point seat belts |
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| I have a 74 Thing with stock seats and the factory roll-bar. Has anyone ever done 3 point seat belts using the roll bar riser as an attachment point for the chest part of the belt ? Is there a better way to do it ? |
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J Flare
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Location: San Diego
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I drilled a hole thru the roll bar on mine |
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Towel Rail
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Joined: April 15, 2005
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Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Welding a tab to the bar helps get it out of the way.
(Picture stolen from Captain Spaulding.  )
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1974 Thing -- under the knife
1967 Beetle -- spring/summer/fall driver
1996 Subaru OBW (EJ22, 5-speed, AWD) -- winter car, 3-seasons "don't feel like biking today" car
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JohnF
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Location: Phoenix, Az.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:12 am Post subject: |
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I have 3 point belts mounted on a flange on the roll bar. Mine are ridged mounted so it is very uncomfortable offroad, it downright hurts. I suggest that if you do it to use the automatic adjustable belts from a newer car that don't "lock up" until an impact. The ones in my buddys Jeeps are all the automatic kind and those are fine in most circumstances, they still lock up sometimes.
During an impact/roll-over I don't care if they hurt if they're saving my butt.
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Captain Spalding
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Joined: February 19, 2005
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Location: . . . in denial.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Three point seat belts |
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| If you're messing with the seat belts, be sure to attend to all the various caveats - shoulder belt mounted ABOVE the shoulder, graded hardware, reinforced mounting points, etc. etc. |
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honky
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Joined: August 10, 2006
Posts: 149
Location: Connecticut, USA
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: belts |
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| Do belts come in different sizes. Do you know what other vehilcles have belts that would fit a Thing |
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honky
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Joined: August 10, 2006
Posts: 149
Location: Connecticut, USA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: Graded hardware |
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| Is stainless steel nuts and bolts considered to be OK or is there something else I should use. |
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Ian Epperson
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Location: Alameda, CA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:15 am Post subject: Re: Graded hardware |
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| honky wrote: |
| Is stainless steel nuts and bolts considered to be OK or is there something else I should use. |
Stainless steel is more brittle than hardened steel. As nice as it is, it should be avoided in high-stress applications. Stopping a few hundred pounds of human from flying around in an accident can be stressfull. |
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