<VV> seat belt install

[Bob Tarpenning]

I don't know what you were driving but all I ever saw were mounted to the 
floor.
Bob T



-----Original Message----- 
From: ScottyGrover at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 7:59 AM
To: Sethracer at aol.com ; corvairgrymm at gmail.com ; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re:  seat belt install

Seth,
Did GM know something that the rest of the manufacturers didn't?  All  the
cars I have ever driven --prior to the side-mount type that's used now--had
the belt ends mounted so as to wrap the belt securely around the driver or
passenger with the anchorages configured so that they were straight back
from  the side of the driver.

Scotty from Hollyweird


In a message dated 11/1/2011 11:01:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
Sethracer at aol.com writes:

In a  message dated 11/1/2011 8:34:48 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
corvairgrymm at gmail.com writes:

On the  other hand if I had any  desire to install a center console I'd
simply  install stronger  mounting points for the inboard belt ends =)


Ray   R.


Ray - I don't think it is a strength issue. The problem is the  location.
When incorrectly connected to the same-side seat belt  mount, the  seat
belt
system has inadequate fore/aft restraint for  the rider. In  an accident,
the
belt which is now installed "around"  the seat and driver will  "straighten
out" on the sides, letting the  rider move forward too far. Not  through
the
windshield, but perhaps  into the dash and most certainly, depending  only
on
the seats  location, into the steering wheel. With the inside belt  secured

across the cars centerline it is designed to rotate a bit under
impact,and
provide better fore-aft restraint. If you decide to  install  better belts.
keep their performance in mind.

Seth Emerson

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