seat belts

[monsy]

Hi im trying to change the seat belts in my griff,has anybody got any tips for removing the bolts as they have been there since the car was new and do not want to move also do i have to remove seats? thanks

[Russell Mc]

You won't need to remove the seats. Beware the bolts going into the outriggers as these were both rusted in solid when I changed my seatbelts. They both snapped resulting in me having to drill and tap them out.

[cavebloke]

Best tip is not to do it unless you really have to. As RusselMC says, they shear off in the chassis with alarming ease.

It didn't both me since I was taking the body off to change the outriggers but I would have been livid if I was just trying to improve the standard crappy seatbelts problem. You can't really get access to Plusgas the ones in the sill outrigger tube effectively either.

[mcosh]

If you are unlucky enough to shear them off you can make a repairs as the bolt is just welded to a flange on the chassis. The bugger is the need to cut through fibre gas to get at it or lift chassis.....

[mcosh]

If you are unlucky enough to shear them off you can make a repairs as the bolt is just welded to a flange on the chassis. The bugger is the need to cut through fibre gas to get at it or lift chassis.....

[phillpot]

Had the same problem on my S Series (same set up), no chance of getting any heat near the thread and although I was doing a body lift depending where the bolts sheared the "stub" left could have been a problem.

So last resort was to try a can of this.....




.... worked a treat, both bolts out and nothing broken/damaged

[EGB]

cavebloke said:

Best tip is not to do it unless you really have to. As RusselMC says, they shear off in the chassis with alarming ease.

It didn't both me since I was taking the body off to change the outriggers but I would have been livid if I was just trying to improve the standard crappy seatbelts problem. You can't really get access to Plusgas the ones in the sill outrigger tube effectively either.

Interested to know why the standard seat belts are crappy. A bit of lock up yes sometimes otherwise as good as my BM. For convenient parking and not crushing on doors see pic on Griff Retrim post.

[cavebloke]

EGB said:

Interested to know why the standard seat belts are crappy. A bit of lock up yes sometimes otherwise as good as my BM. For convenient parking and not crushing on doors see pic on Griff Retrim post.

It's the persistent locking when trying to put them on that annoys me. Never had it so bad in any other car and can be so bad when parked on a slope that I have to drive onto the flat so I can get the belt on.

[EGB]

Thanks Simon. Well understood. A bit embarrassing with a female passenger. Say no more! I shall have a go to see why sometime, without a passenger this time. WD40 may work.