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There’s no way I’d trust that belt to save my life
Modified seatbelt. Can it be put back?
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That cut/repair looks well dodgey. I used a seat belt manufacturer around Crawley area sometime ago to extend some seatbelts on a classic car to enhance tge safety for rear seat passengers. All done to proper standards. I shall take a look and see if I can find a link.
I would disconnect the battery and leave for 30 minutes before touching it. It may be alright but a company called airbag reset or something like that can always interrogate the system and sort it for you.
I have used these before and use them again if I needed seatbelt repairs.
Give them a ring or an email explaining your problem and see what they say, good luck.
FDTS Ltd
I would disconnect the battery and leave for 30 minutes before touching it. It may be alright but a company called airbag reset or something like that can always interrogate the system and sort it for you.
I have used these before and use them again if I needed seatbelt repairs.
Give them a ring or an email explaining your problem and see what they say, good luck.
FDTS Ltd
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Whoa. That join is a complete joke. A seatbelt is not a seam on a pair of pants. When webbed belts are fastened together there is a long overlap with a heavy duty pattern of stitching:
(not an extension, just the first pic I found that easily demonstrates the point about the sewing after laying an overlap)
That belt looks to have been placed like a seam (so two "front" surfaces touching), a single line of stitching run across on a wide spacing then pulled out flat and another two stitch lines run to stop the flapping parts sticking out perpendicular to the belt
The only thing joining that belt together is the first line of stitching
And you say a child seat was in this car? Absolute slavering, knuckle dragging idiots. Words fail me..
But for me there would be no rescuing that; it'd be going in the bin!
(not an extension, just the first pic I found that easily demonstrates the point about the sewing after laying an overlap)
That belt looks to have been placed like a seam (so two "front" surfaces touching), a single line of stitching run across on a wide spacing then pulled out flat and another two stitch lines run to stop the flapping parts sticking out perpendicular to the belt
The only thing joining that belt together is the first line of stitching
And you say a child seat was in this car? Absolute slavering, knuckle dragging idiots. Words fail me..
But for me there would be no rescuing that; it'd be going in the bin!
Thanks. Yes, I think will probably go for a replacement. TBH, we rarely have people at the back so could live with it, but as I need to sort it out for the MOT (due in Feb) probably best to try to sort it out now.
I guess my final question would be whether there are places that would just replace the strap for a new one (and for this to somehow be cheaper than a replacement from the scrapper). The mechanism does appear to be fine and everything seems to be working in order.
I guess my final question would be whether there are places that would just replace the strap for a new one (and for this to somehow be cheaper than a replacement from the scrapper). The mechanism does appear to be fine and everything seems to be working in order.
Get the part number and make an enquiry on one of the many breakers website online.
I used breakerslink.com and found some parts in the past.
I used breakerslink.com and found some parts in the past.
Might be worth giving these people a try.
Seat Belt Repairs – Universal Seatbelts
www.universalseatbelts.co.uk
You might be able to live with it, but what about the person who unknowingly uses that belt in the back. It needs replacing and replacing long before anyone tries to use it.
Thanks. Very interesting website. However, thus far only one quote for £180, so let's see if something cheaper comes along.
Was looking into this. Reasonable option £60+VAT to replace the strap. Only thing is that it will take about two weeks. In principle this is not an issue as, again, unlikely that I'll be carrying any passengers (and car gets used over the weekends only). Only question is whether being without a seatbelt for a couple of weeks may cause some error code that is a hassle to remove afterwards.Might be worth giving these people a try.
Seat Belt Repairs – Universal Seatbelts
Rear passenger side
They may be able to carry out a professional stitching to it. Might be worth asking.
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What price safety ?
Better to have no seatbelt and be aware than to use that and risk it. It is outright dangerous !
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No longer fully true though.
Cuts anywhere on a child seat belt will be deemed a deficiency.
You must check any visible parts of all seat belts fitted. This includes:
- seat belts fitted to child seats and restraints (this only applies to child seats and restraints that are securely attached to the vehicle using Isofix, carabiners, ratchet straps, nuts and bolts etc)
- any disabled persons belts or wheelchairs strap
Where a child seat is fitted that prevents access to the seat belt buckle,ble you must check as much of the seat belt as possible and issue an advisory that the buckle could not be checked.
The only part you can't really check is the buckle, so you would still advise child seat fitted not allowing for full inspection, but the webbing should be checked, and failed if appropriate.
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Plan B then:
You do not need to inspect:
a belt fitted with no corresponding seat.
Seats out next test.
That is truly horrendous!!! It should be in one of those MOT testers' "rogues galleries" of dangerous defects!
We do a lot with seat belts at work (for wheelchair users). I can categorically assure you that doesn't stand a cat in hell's chance of stopping anyone going through the windscreen in a crash! As others have said, you need the diamond-pattern heavy duty stitching over quite a large overlap area to stand a chance of it working - and that's at the end of the belt! In the middle - forget it.
People just don't realise the sorts of loads generated in a crash. Put it this way, when we test seat belt anchorages (not the belts themselves), we're trying to rip them out of the car with a force of just under 3 tons per seating position...
