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Mr. Cheyenne
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Location: Kyle, Texas
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Re: Who makes a decent seat belt that fits our old trucks??
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![]() Anyways, I have been happy with them but they do lock easily. I am used to it (mostly) but new riders do get frustrated. I hope the site is true to their word and testing that these are safe but I have wondered about the "cantilever" (which is a new word I just learned). I suppose the question is, is the below statement just the seatbelt on some test rig or installed with the in our application with the cantilever bracket? I suppose if I come up dead after a wreck, I guess we'll know. Quote:
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Elkhart, Texas
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Re: Who makes a decent seat belt that fits our old trucks??
It seems all the vendors selling belts/harness with a retractor small enough to fit have that cantilever bracket.. $340.00 for a belt set is a bit of a "gouge" when several others sell the same setup for less than $200.00. I located and purchased a set from one of those cheaper suppliers.. I plan to eliminate that cantilever bracket and fabricate brackets with a 3 bolt attachment arrangement.. I'll also fabricate a re-enforcement plate for the underside.. I'll mount the bracket against the floor with a slot in the carpet for the upright portion of the bracket..
A cantilever is strong longitudinally but very weak laterally. The longer the distance between the mounting point and the load point, the weaker it is. For those of you who think that cantilever seat belt bracket is a strong design as applied, bolt it to an empty SBC engine block.. Using an engine hoist, lift the block about four feet from the floor.. quickly open, then quickly close the valve on the hoist.. This simulates how a seat belt works in a collision.. The vehicle is moving forward, then brought to a sudden stop in a collision. Inertia carries the human body forward and the seat belt's job is to stop that forward motion.. The engine block simulates the weight of a body.. That bracket WILL fail.. |
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Re: Who makes a decent seat belt that fits our old trucks??
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The Older Generation
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Re: Who makes a decent seat belt that fits our old trucks??
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Closed per OP request. LockDoc
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