seat belt attachment

[Jesse Jenks]

Has anyone considered attaching the lap belt to the seat frame? I guess the
locking pins would become the weak point if you did that, but would the rest
of the structure be strong enough? It would eliminate the need for 3 heavy
attach points that apparantly rip out in a crash anyway. It would also have
the advantage of keeping the same seatbelt tension when you slide your seat.
I am not seriously considering this at this point, but I thought of it as a
way to get the belts around the hydraylic pump between the seats. My other
solution is to have 2 attach points between the seats, instead of one shared
one. They would be about 5 inches appart allowing the belts to go on either
side of the pump. I will have a 4 inch wide tunnel there for my cables, so
if I make the side channels of the tunnel from .032 then I guess It would be
as strong as the standard way with one bracket sandwiched between two .032
channels.
Does someone know in what way the brackets have failed? I.E. did the rivets
shear, or the structure break?
Thanks.
Jesse





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