speedyxjs
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| posted on 27/3/09 at 08:12 AM |
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Top seat belt mounts - pics?
I want to make my top seatbelt mounts today. My plan is to weld another tube parallel with the top of the back rest (where the roll bar is mounted),
and weld my mounts in there. The mounts i have are 3mm plate with a welded nut in the centre.
After rough measurements, i know that my belts need to be mounted about an inch higher than this point so what i want to know is, can i make the
mounts, then use a sleve over the thread to raise the mounts?
Pics of your mounts would also be helpful 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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MikeR
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| posted on 27/3/09 at 08:46 AM |
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sounds like you'll be introducing a bending action.
why not weld another bar between the roll bar vertical stays and mount off that?
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iiyama
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| posted on 27/3/09 at 12:01 PM |
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Not sure the mountings are to clear from this pic although it may help?
If its broke, fix it. If it aint broke, take it apart and find out how it works!
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James
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| posted on 27/3/09 at 12:18 PM |
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Best pic I can find of mine is here:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/4test_at_the_centre.jpg
It's a tube welded between the rollbar uprights. (at correct height for the seats/seatbelt mountings height IIRC about 100mm).
I drilled 4 holes through the tube and welded 4 tubes through it that had 12mm holes through them. The 4 tubes were set at the centres of the seatbelt
holes.
I didn't use welded nuts as although they're cool if your seatbelts are fitted with normal bolts, if you use 'eyes' then the
threads need to be set so the eyes are in the correct orientation.
HTH,
James
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big_wasa
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| posted on 27/3/09 at 02:33 PM |
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Mine is a threaded tube that I put all the way trough a piece of 2x1 and then welded both sides. I then added a bit of 3mm plate on top and welded
that all the way round. I then put the whole thing between two rails and welded the whole thing all the way round. 
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clairetoo
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| posted on 27/3/09 at 04:21 PM |
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Why not just weld the tube in an inch higher up ?
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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vinnievector
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| posted on 28/3/09 at 09:20 AM |
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your mounts
Hi ,hope this will help as a guideline ,Mounts that are acceptable to sva .all tubes should be welded from the sides and of good weld condition .
not acceptable is tube or nuts welded end on and of poor weld.
Just weld a bar across your roll cage the height of your belt cut outs on your seat.
[Edited on 28/3/09 by vinnievector]
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 28/3/09 at 10:52 AM |
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I welded another bar across my rollcagfe as you say. Drilled out 4 off 25mm holes right through the bar (from front to back not top to bottom) and
fitted solid bar that was drilled and tapped for the eyebolts.
No pics online but could take some if you want.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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