GRP seat repair

[FlossyThePig]

Mr MXT said:

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[rhinochopig]

One thing to consider is this: In a crash how secure will your seats be?

If one bolt has failed, the first thing I'd be doing is checking the others ASAP rather than considering repair, as the mass seen by the seat in a crash will be way beyond what Fat Rob can impart on it.

Just a thought.

[Mr MXT]

Fair point, might just invest in a new set.

[FlossyThePig]

You need something like this to replace the the captive nut then use real gassfibre and resin, not "hairy" paste. I would use cloth rather than chopped strand.

[The Black Flash]

rhinochopig said:

One thing to consider is this: In a crash how secure will your seats be?

If one bolt has failed, the first thing I'd be doing is checking the others ASAP rather than considering repair, as the mass seen by the seat in a crash will be way beyond what Fat Rob can impart on it.

Just a thought.

As I understand it, in a crash the seatbelt holds you and the seat in place. I don't think the seat mountings are relied on in any structural way.

[rhinochopig]

The Black Flash said:

rhinochopig said:

One thing to consider is this: In a crash how secure will your seats be?

If one bolt has failed, the first thing I'd be doing is checking the others ASAP rather than considering repair, as the mass seen by the seat in a crash will be way beyond what Fat Rob can impart on it.

Just a thought.

As I understand it, in a crash the seatbelt holds you and the seat in place. I don't think the seat mountings are relied on in any structural way.

"Ari was one of the top drivers in the world, and he was on his way to winning the 1985 World Rally championship. However, in Argentina that year, he hit a washout at high speed and was nearly killed in the crash. His co-driver had minor injuries, but Ari was out of rallying for over a year because his seat mounts broke during the roll, and he bounced around inside the car."

Obviously KCs don't driven as hard, but they do get driven much harder than most road cars.

[The Black Flash]

Hmm, I've been reading around prompted by this thread. Holding the seat, belt mounts and chassis all together with the roll cage seems to be a good thing in a tin-top, so the seat mounts are important. But I'm not sure how this squares with the use of foam bag seats in single seaters for example, where there's no mount from the seat to the car at all. I suspect that the amount of space in the cockpit is the important factor here. There's room to flail around a bit in a rally car, less so in a formula job.

Personally, in my kit, I've bolted nice big 3mm angle steel brackets to the chassis, and bolted the seat through that, rather than just whapping it through the ally floor like many people do. But it's ultimately the harness I'll be putting my trust in.