The Doc
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| posted on 12/8/06 at 04:35 PM |
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Trailing Arms Very Close to Seat Belt Bolt
Hi,
having welded my seat belt mountings in as suggested by Uncle Ron and put everything together I find that within the mounting area it is almost
impossible to position a bolt without this being located behind the lower trailing arm.
This isn't a problem as far as I'm concerned but the clearance between bolt head and the trailing arm is only a few mm. Has anyone been
picked up on this as potential problem by the SVA man or is this just 'how it is'?
I seem to remember some seat belt bolts having very thin heads in the past. Perhaps I should hunt some of those down?
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wilkingj
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| posted on 12/8/06 at 05:04 PM |
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The Bolts must be the correct type of thread, rating, size and length. Mine came with the Harnesses. I usually help my self to a few spares every now
and then when I visit a scrappy's
I have now found there are several different types of heads. Also they need to be the correct grading.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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wicket
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| posted on 12/8/06 at 05:57 PM |
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The lower outside seat belt fixing in the Luego Locost chassis is also the lower trailing arm fixing which are M12 bolts. I opened out the bush that
the seat belt fixing pivots on to fit the trailing arm bolt. Passed SVA OK.
I will post a pic tomorrow.
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caber
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| posted on 12/8/06 at 09:08 PM |
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I figured out this didn't work so my mount is in the bay ahead of the trailing arm brackets. I am posting some photos of my frame this evening
take a look at the seatbelt mounts
Caber
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The Doc
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| posted on 13/8/06 at 10:34 AM |
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Trailing Arm Bolt For Seatbelt Anchor
Anyone else done as Wicket and used this method? Sounds eminently sensible to me. Why would we not do this as a matter of course?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 13/8/06 at 04:18 PM |
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I have a book chassis, and if I fitted a full-length seatbelt bolt it would foul one of the trailing arms. However, as the bit that's fouling
is on the far side of the threaded part I simply cut the excess off.
The threaded part is deeper than a standard nut, and is made of a particularly tough steel, I have no concerns that I'm weakening anything.
Now I have a few mm clearance, which allows for any bush twisting.
David
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