{"id":1009,"date":"2012-07-30T07:31:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T15:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2021-10-05T17:27:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:27:19","slug":"shoulder-belt-install-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2012\/07\/30\/shoulder-belt-install-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulder Belt Install, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2021:<\/em> the original vendor for my belts isn’t selling them anymore. I found another vendor here with a comparable belt<\/a>, sold individually. The key is the 12″ stalk for the female side of the belt, which should be tall enough to stick up over the edge of the seat.<\/p>\n

This weekend I carved out a little time to mock up and test-fit my seatbelt mounts. First, I consulted with Brian about his setup to see what he’d done. His solution was to use the rollbar feet to mount the takeup reel and drill a hole into the face of the step to put in the other side of the belt. The loop obviously went in over the shoulder on the rollbar.<\/p>\n

My setup needed to be a little different, because the rollbar I’ve got is mounted differently than Brian’s. The plate that mounts his rollbar has four bolts going down into the floor, while mine has an L-shaped plate that mounts on top of and in front of the step. So I have to use the two bolts on the face of the step, which isn’t a big deal:<\/p>\n

\"Takeup<\/a>
Mounted to one of the two rollbar bolts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

I’m going to reuse the original mounting position for the lap belts on the floor, because the hole is drilled through one of the structural crossmembers under the tub. I found out that the bolt currently in the driver’s side is too short, so I picked up a longer one to replace it.<\/p>\n

As for the shoulder loops, I’ve been through about four different bolts trying to find the right fit. I originally bought plain and flanged 1″ bolts to use here, but the flanged version was too thick to allow the plastic cover to fit over the housing. 1″ didn’t seem long enough, so I went back to get 1.5″ bolts this morning to replace them both. I also had to buy a 1\/2″ fine-thread tap to clean out the driver’s side mount; the welder burned a little too close to the edge and blobbed up the threads.<\/p>\n

\"Shoulder<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m waiting for the rest of the mounting kit to arrive, mainly just for the angle brackets so that I can put in both receiver stalks. Here again I’m going to use the original mounting points for strength and safety. Once this job is done, I can start disassembling the bumper and get it cleaned up for paint; I got caught in a summer shower this morning on the way to work and I don’t want it rusting any more than it already has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update 2021: the original vendor for my belts isn’t selling them anymore. I found another vendor here with a comparable belt, sold individually. The key is the 12″ stalk for the female side of the belt, which should be tall enough to stick up over the edge of the seat. This weekend I carved out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,27,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-progress","category-repairs","category-seat-belts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-gh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2890,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions\/2890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}