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Seatbelt update/solution

To: Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Seatbelt update/solution
From: "alvin gogineni" <alvingogi@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:31:50 +0000
I think I found a way to mount that shoulder harness, it will need to be 
reinforced too. There's a picture in   www.picturetrail.com/alvin6 with the 
setup in mind. Let me know what you guys think.


>From: "O'Farrell,  Fergus" <Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com>
>To: "'alvin gogineni'" <alvingogi@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: seat belt mount option
>Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:57:52 -0700
>
>Hey Alvin,
>I am not sure if it was on the SummitRacing website or in the
>instructions/safety warnings for my 4-pt Diest harnesses, but they
>specifically said that if you have 4 or 3 points like ours, don't take the
>center strap over the seatback and down to the floor.  you have to go back 
>,
>not down.
>this is because when the body gets thrown forward, depending on how far 
>from
>the belt attachment to the seat pivot, the belt will slide around the 
>corner
>at the top of the seat, letting the body and seat move forward.  Kind of
>like a rope going around a pulley.
>
>Ya know what would work well but might be kinda unsightly in your nice 
>clean
>interior, is instead of using a metal tang which bolts under the rollbar
>mount, you use a piece of wirerope and a carabiner swaged into the end.
>this would allow the belt to move all around, and transmit the load well.  
>I
>am just not sure how to make it look as cool as the rest of your interior.
>
>still thinkin'
>Fergus O
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: alvin gogineni [mailto:alvingogi@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 5:07 PM
>To: Ofarrell.Fergus@hitco.com
>Subject: Re: seat belt mount option
>
>
>Yeah, I was upset when I put a pinhole in that area through the vinyl, only
>to find out I couldn't use it! My rollbar does mount in that area on the
>shelf, the pic isn't resized. There are mounting holes further back on the
>shelf? WE just drilled some holes to mount it. I will probably mount the 
>the
>
>belt directly behind the seat on the shelf. Will have to use a metal plate
>to reinforce though. ARRGH!




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