Shoulder Belts
 

How difficult is it to have them installed? Thanks

Re: Shoulder Belts
 

If you have all of the proper threaded holes already in your cab it should be no problem at all. If you have to make threaded holes - I don't know how you would do that.

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A little more info would help. You could put a threaded plate in or cut a section from a donor truck.

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I don't recall ever seeing a truck these years w/o the hole already there. But maybe never paid that much attention. if you don't have one you could always cut a hole,fab or buy a backing plate and use a expandable brass nut insert. Should hold it. You can use a fish wire to pull it up. Run a bolt through the plate and coil some wire up like a spring and thread it onto the bolt and ust it to pull up. You could tack the plate in remove the bolt then install the insert. But you should have a hole already

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Do you know what years they started having shoulder belts?

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don't get me to lyin but the 71 or 72's had plugs for the belts. I think California State required them before the rest of us and gm new they were coming. I know 77 had them. Look behind the trim panel. there should be a hole for them. the panel won't. I bet you will find it there

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I don't own one yet, I'm just trying to figure it out. I wouldn't be comfortable driving without one.

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I would not worry, you can put a shoulder belt it just about anything these days if you have a roof.

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Man! I wish I would have known that yesterday. Didn't bid on a sweet 79 Sierra yesterday because of it. The search continues...

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79 should have shoulder belts already unless someone removed them.

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yes they started about 77

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My '74 had lap belts, but had the shoulder belt upper nuts capped off. I am pretty sure shoulder belts have been an option from '73 up, but weren't standard until a couple of years later.

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I in the middle of putting, 03 Tahoe seats in my wifes crew. next i will be tackling the seat belts right now I have the stock lap belts but will be adding shoulder belts sometime this week. the front already has shoulder belts. but the back has a plug. after popping out the plug. I discovered just a hole. I planned on welding a nut to a plate. Then drilling a hand full of 1/4 inch holes in the c/piller. Fish the nut and plate up to the seatbelt hole and then rosset welding the plate to the c/piller. Then grind the welds down and make it ready for paint. At least that is the plan

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Here is a helpful link with a lot of pictures...

http://www.julianos.com/how2_3point74chevy.html