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n520tx(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:55 am Post subject: Front seat belts - Part 2

Hello again everyone--



I just finished countersinking the cabin top attach points for the 

shoulder belts (Thanks Lew!) and promptly attempted installation of the 

nice new belts that I received from CROW. Imagine my surprise when I 

discover that the shoulder attach point fitting is for a 1/4" mount, not 

a 5/16".



Got off the phone with CROW with them telling me that there is no 5/16" 

attach for these belts - in fact, he just sent a dozen sets to Vans for 

the RV10 that have the same 1/4" mounting hole.



Triple checking the plans, and it is indeed a 5/16 hole that goes there 

.. I don't want to expand the 1/4" myself, to much material would be 

removed.



Am I just not asking the right questions here ? Anyone else go through 

this ?



--Ron

On 07/13/2016 03:19 PM, Ron Walker wrote:

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 Time for me to install the front seat belts. I don't want to go with 

 the Vans offering, they have come undone in my 7a too many times to 

 trust. Does anyone have the measurements handy ? I think the critical 

 distance is the shoulder straps where they merge into the "Y" behind 

 your neck, then progress to the hard point on the cabin top.



 Or better yet, the exact model number for a CROW offering of seatbelts 

 that would work in the front  ?



 --Ron

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carl.froehlich(at)verizon
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:40 am Post subject: Front seat belts - Part 2

Nope - not an issue with Hooker Harness.



Assuming you maintain edge distance you can drill them out.  I guess as

alternative you can use a 1/4" screw.  What have others done? 



Regardless of what you do, recommend:

- Adding 6-8 bids of glass on the inside of the canopy top, 6" square or so

to provide some meat for the screw.  After you countersink the screw the top

get pretty thin.

- Use a screw that is long enough so you can add a thin nut just on the

inside of the cabin to lock it in place.  That way you can remove the second

nut holding the belt on without worrying about the screw spinning and

messing up your finish.

- When you put the screw through the top, flatten the screw head to make it

square and embed it in flox.  Once set you can sand smooth then final fill

with micro balloons.



Carl



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EdKranz

Joined: 29 Dec 2010
Posts: 132
Location: Hastings, MN

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:39 am Post subject: Front seat belts - Part 2

I just used the stock bolts, and then got 5/16(ID) and 1/4(OD) spacers from Mcmaster Carr.



On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Carl Froehlich <carl.froehlich(at)verizon.net (carl.froehlich(at)verizon.net)> wrote:

[quote]--> RV10-List message posted by: "Carl Froehlich" <carl.froehlich(at)verizon.net (carl.froehlich(at)verizon.net)>

 

 Nope - not an issue with Hooker Harness.

 

 Assuming you maintain edge distance you can drill them out.  I guess as

 alternative you can use a 1/4" screw.  What have others done?

 

 Regardless of what you do, recommend:

 - Adding 6-8 bids of glass on the inside of the canopy top, 6" square or so

 to provide some meat for the screw.  After you countersink the screw the top

 get pretty thin.

 - Use a screw that is long enough so you can add a thin nut just on the

 inside of the cabin to lock it in place.  That way you can remove the second

 nut holding the belt on without worrying about the screw spinning and

 messing up your finish.

 - When you put the screw through the top, flatten the screw head to make it

 square and embed it in flox.  Once set you can sand smooth then final fill

 with micro balloons.

 

 Carl

 

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